Goan Radish Curry | Goan Moolyacho Ross
Moolyacho ross is a mildly spiced vegan radish curry made with radish, lentils (split pigeon peas), onion, spices and coconut. If you don't add onion to this radish and lentil curry, it becomes no onion no garlic radish curry. In Goan language, radish is known as "moolo" and "ross" means curry. Hence this vegan Goan radish curry is known as moolyacho ross.
Servings 4 People
Ingredients
- 2 medium sized radish peeled
- ½ cup split pigeon peas (toor dal)
- ½ medium sized onion finely chopped
- 6 tablespoon coconut freshly grated
- 1 green chili slit
- 4 dry red chilies
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 marble sized ball tamarind
- 1 teaspoon grated jaggery optional
- To taste salt
Instructions
- Cut the peeled radish into 1 and ½ inch long finger shaped pieces.
- Add dal, radish and chopped onion along with 1 cup water in pressure cooker and pressure cook till 4 whistles.
- Grind grated coconut, dry red chilies, coriander seeds, tamarind and turmeric powder by adding ½ cup water into a thin gravy.
- Mix the coconut gravy with the dal in pressure cooker.
- Add grated jaggery and mix well.
- Simmer the gravy for 10 minutes.
- Add salt to taste and mix.