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Indian Moong Dal

This recipe is for cooking moong dal in the typical Indian way.

Yield 4

Ingredients

  • ½ cup moong dal
  • 3 green chiles
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1½ cups water
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp cooking oil or ghee
  • 1 sprig curry leaves
  • 1 tsp jeera (cumin)

Instructions

  1. 1
    Combine the dal, green chillies, turmeric powder, and water in a pressure cooker. Cook for 15 minutes, then leave the pressure cooker to release steam on its own.
  2. 2
    Open the pressure cooker and mash the cooked dal. Add salt to taste. Add more water if it is too thick and heat over a medium heat.
  3. 3
    Heat oil or ghee in a frying pan, then add jeera and curry leaves. After it splutters, pour it over the cooked dal.
  4. 4
    Serve hot with rice or rotis.
Cuisine
Indian

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