Moringa Dal
Servings 4 People
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup toor dal (split pigeon pea lentils)
- 2 cups moringa leaves or drumstick leaves or maskachi bhaji separated from stem and chopped
- 1/2 medium sized onion finely chopped
- 1 medium sized Tomato finely chopped
For seasoning:
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds / jeera seeds
- 1 spring curry leaves
- 2 dry red chillies
- A pinch asafoetida
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- 4 pods garlic peeled and finely chopped
- 1/2 inch ginger peeled and finely chopped
- 2 teaspoon oil/ghee
- Few Coriander Leaves for garnish
- To taste Salt
Instructions
- Wash the toor dal or lentils and keep aside for 30 minutes.
- Take the pressure cooker pan and heat it. Add chopped onion, chopped tomato, chopped moringa leaves and toor dal along with 2 cups water and pressure cook for 4 to 5 whistles or till dal is cooked. Switch off the gas and wait till pressure from cooker is released on its own.
- Heat a kadai and add oil or ghee. After it gets heated add mustard seeds.
- After mustard seeds flutter, add cumin seeds, asafeotida, dry red chilies and curry leaves and fry for few 2 minutes.
- Add chopped garlic and chopped ginger and sauté till raw smell of garlic goes away.
- Add turmeric powder and red chili powder and mix well.
- Add boiled dal and moringa leaves from the pressure cooker and mix.
- Add salt to taste. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot.
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Notes
If you wish to purchase a pressure cooker, you can purchase it from Amazon.
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