When I was cleaning my pantry last week I found out a pack of whole masoor dhal which I bought couple of months back in Indian store.So wanted to try something out of it and finally ended up in making dhal fry along with mung beans.
This recipe can be made in no time with pressure cooker and these lentils no need of any prior soaking.This dhal fry goes very well with rice as well as rotis.With no further delay lets move on to the recipe.....................
Basic Information
Preparation Time 10 minutes
Cooking time 25 minutes
Serves 3
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Whole Masoor | 1/3 cup |
| Mung beans/paasipayaru | 1/3 cup |
| Onion(finely chopped) | 1(medium size) |
| Tomato(finely chopped) | 2(small size) |
| Garlic/poondu(finely chopped) | 3 cloves |
| Green chilly/pachamilagai | 3(finely chopped) |
| Red chilly powder/milagai podi | 1/2 tsp |
| Turmeric powder/manjal podi | 1/8 tsp |
| Salt | 1 tsp |
| Curry leaves/karivepillai | few leaves |
| Coriander leaves(chopped) | 1 tbs |
| Oil | 1 tbs |
For the tempering
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Mustard seeds/kadugu | 1/2tsp |
| Urad dhal/kulutham paruppu | 1tsp |
| Cumin seeds/jeeragam | 1/4tsp |
| Asafoetida/perungayam | a pinch |
| Red chilly/varamilagai | 1(broken) |
Method
Wash the lentils in water for couple of times and put in a pressure cooker with 2 cups of water.Cook it for 4 whistles in a medium flame.Once the pressure subsides to the cooked lentils add half of the chopped onion,tomato,garlic and the green chillies to it.Cover the cooker with the lid with the weight on and cook it for 2 whistles.
Meanwhile heat a pan with oil and do the tempering,saute the remaining onion and garlic along with a pinch of salt.Then goes in the chopped tomato and cook it till mushy.Now add in the cooked lentils,chilly powder,turmeric powder and salt along with a cup of water.
Cook it for 4-5 minutes and finally add the coriander leaves and put off the flame.
Serve it with roti or rice.
Enjoy.....................................................
This recipe is off to Vegan Thursday event started by Priya of Priya's Versatile Recipes.
