Dal Moong ~A healthy Breakfast

Alka Keswani — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:09:57 +0000

Dal Moong is a typical Sindhi Breakfast item, and is more famous as a Morning Street Food. Well, this means that generally Dal moong , along with Dal pakwan, Makhni Dal , sold at Thelas or as street food in morning , are preferred by Sindhis . A very simple to make, Dalmoong is a wonderful combination of Yellow split beans (Moong ki peeli dal) , and Green Grams (sabut Moong), cooked till mushy and topped with some spices and vegetables like boiled potato, beetroot, raw mango etc, with some tangy tamarind chutney is relished with some Koki or even Phulka Though the moong available at such thelas have a very distinct(Read….Better) taste, but still home made food is always healthier isn’t it? Moong and dal are cooked separately and then while serving , take moong in a bowl, and pour few spoons of dal over it ,on half of the side, and garnish it. The recipe of moong varies , some make these with onion and ginger garlic, other prefer just ginger garlic base, while some use just dry masalas to flavor the otherwise bland green grams Print Dal Moong ~A healthy Breakfast Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 40 mins Serves: 3 Nutritious Moong beans and yellow Dal topped with boiled vegetables Ingredients Sabut Moong 1 cup Green chillies 2 Salt Kamaal Patt (Tej Patta) 1 Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Garam masala powder 1 tsp Red chilly powder ½ tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste(optional) 1 tsp Amchoor powder 1 tsp Oil 1+1 tsp(1 tsp for moong, and one for tempering ) For Garnish Boiled, peeled and chopped Potato 1 Boiled, peeled and chopped Beetroot 1 Finely chopped onion, raw mango, Tomato 1 each Coriander leaves Tamarind chutney and Green chutney(Coriander and mint chutney), either or both 1 tsp per serving Method Pick, rinse several times and then soak moong for few hours In a pressure cooker, take 1 tsp of oil and add tejpatta, after a minute add ginger garlic paste(optional) and saute till the rawness of Ginger garlic paste is gone . I skipped this step 🙂 Add the soaked moong, salt and turmeric powder,chopped green chilllies and add water (should cover moong properly) If you have soaked moong for few hours, add less water or if you are cooking moong without soaking, add water tad more than double the quantity of moong Close the lid of cooker and wait till 2- 6 (depending upon the quality of moong and time of soaking) whistles Put off the burner and let the pressure in cooker subside Whisk the moong with wooden whisker (Mandiyaro ) Now take one tsp of oil, and add coriander powder, red chilly powder , garam masala powder and let it sizzle for 2-3 seconds Add this tempering to the boiled moong, and add amchoor powder, mix properly and add some water if required Let it simmer for few minutes and adjust the seasoning if required Makhni Dal Recipe is givenhere For serving, take a bowl, add few spoons of moong, top it with some Dal , garnish it with chopped veggies and tamarind (and/or) green chutney and finally some chopped coriander leaves. Serve it with Rotis, phulkas orKoki 3.5.3251

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