Total Time: 40 minutes
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes
Serves: 4-5
Ingredients:
- Moong Dal: 1/2 cup
- Chillies: 8 – 10 small chopped
- Onions: 1 small chopped
- Tomato: 1 small diced
- Curry leaves: 4
- Garlic Paste: 1 tsp
- Cumin: 1 tsp
- Salt t taste
- Lime Juice: 1 lime
Seasoning:
- Oil: 2 tbsp
- Curry Leaves: 3
- Cumin: 1/2 tsp
- Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
- Methi Powder: 1/4 tsp (opt)
- Coriander Powder: 1/2 tsp
- Garlic Paste: 1 tsp
- Turmeric: 1/2 tsp
Method:
- Pressure cook moong dal with 3/4 cup of water for 3 whistles and reduce the heat to low and pressure cook for another 5 minutes.
- Remove from stove, wait until the pressure cooker cools down.
- Add 2-3 cups of water and all the ingredients except lime juice to cooked dal and bring to a boil.
- Once the onions and tomatoes are cooked, add lime juice.
- In a separate pan, take some oil and add all the seasoning ingredients.
- Add this seasoning to dal and cook for 5 minutes and remove from heat.
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