Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Moong Dal-Potato Curry




Preparation time: 10 mins
Makes 4 servings
Cooking time: 30mins

Ingredients:

Moong dal - 1/2 cup
Potato - 1 , chopped into medium sized pieces
Onion - 1 medium size , chopped
Tomato - 1
Green chilli - 1
Dry red chilli - 2
Garlic - 2 pods, chopped
Cumin Seeds - 1tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1.5 tsp
Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Cilantro
Water
Salt
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig

Procedure:
  1. Soak moong dal in water for about 10 mins. Meanwhile chop the potato and keep ready. 
  2. Pressure cook moong dal and potato together. 
  3. Heat oil in a kadai , add mustard seeds & let it splutter. 
  4. To this add curry leaves, dry red chilli, garlic and onion to saute. 
  5. When onion are cooked, add green chilli and after a minute, add the chopped tomato. 
  6. Once tomato is mashed up, add turmeric, chilli powder and sambar powder. 
  7. Meanwhile mash the moong dal a little and add the contents to the kadai. 
  8. Add some salt and stir it well.
  9. Pour a little water if the mixture is thick and let this come to boil.
  10. Switch off the stove and sprinkle a dash of coconut oil on the curry. 
  11. Garnish with chopped cilantro. 
 Serve Hot with Roti/Parantha. :)

2 comments:

  1. Looks delicious. I will try this, but have used the same procedure but used channa dal instead of moong dal. I also added a little garam masala along with sambhar powder. It also tasted good. You too can try.

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  2. Thank you Kishore :) Sure will try the Channa Dal version.

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