Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, moong masoor dal masala. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Jump starting my week with this healthy Masala Moong Masoor Dal recipe. Moong and Masoor are two types of lentils, yellow and red respectively. Made with red and yellow lentils, moong masoor dal is a popular vegan lentil curry recipe from India and Pakistan.
Moong Masoor Dal Masala is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Moong Masoor Dal Masala is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have moong masoor dal masala using 15 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Moong Masoor Dal Masala:
- Take 1/2 cup pink Masoor dal
- Get 1/2 cup split yellow Moong dal
- Make ready 1 medium Onion chopped
- Take 1/3 cup choppedTomatoes
- Take 1 green chilli finely chopped
- Take 1 1/2 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste
- Get 1 dry red chilli
- Get 1 tsp Cumin powder
- Get 1 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
- Get 1 pinch Hing (asafoetida)powder
- Take 1/2 tsp Amchur(dry mango) powder
- Take as needed Panch phutan
- Take 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- Prepare as needed Oil
- Get to taste Salt
My young aunt from Karachi showed me how to prepare this mixed masoor moong daal that she learned from her Gujarati friends. The daal that I grew up eating was either green lentils or simple red lentils (masoor daal) boiled with some turmeric and red chili powder. This mixed daal has more texture and flavor, thanks to the addition of tomatoes, ginger, garlic, and onion; and generous amount of. So, my masoor dal masala or brown lentil curry recipe has loads of flavour packed along with health.
Instructions to make Moong Masoor Dal Masala:
- Clean, wash and soak both the dals in lukewarm water for 30 minutes. Boil in required amount of water, turmeric powder and 1/2 tsp cooking oil for 1 whistle. Let the cooker naturally cool down. - - Heat oil+ ghee in a wok. Add dry chilli and panch pbutan and allowed to splutter. Then mix chopped onion and fry till translucent. - - Then add ginger and garlic paste, chopped tomatoes and rest other dry masala and salt. Put 2 tsp water, cover and cook in low flame till the oil separate from masala.
- Mix well the cooked masala with boiled dal and let it simmer for 2 minutes. - - Now the hot dal is ready to serve. - Thanks - Note: Cook the masala in low heat. This enhance the taste and aroma of the dal/curry.
This is a very quick and easy recipe too. And works wonders as a weekday meal. I make and refrigerate a decent batch of the masoor dal masala or brown lentil curry on a Sunday. On weekdays, I simply re-heat, add some chopped onions and tomatoes. Whole Moong Dal, also known as pachai payiru in tamil and mung dal, green gram, green lentils, etc. is an extremely healthy ingredient which is rich in proteins.
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