Dassana's Veg Recipes· by Dassana Amit★ 5.0 (84)

Moong Dal Tadka (Yellow Moong Dal Recipe)

Name: Moong Dal Tadka (Yellow Moong Dal Recipe)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: ½ cup moong dal ((split and hulled mung lentils)); ⅓ cup onions (- finely chopped); ½ cup tomatoes (- chopped); 1 inch ginger (- finely chopped or minced); ¼ teaspoon red chili powder (or ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper ); ⅓ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric)); 1.5 cups water (- for pressure cooking); salt (as required); 2 to 3 tablespoons ghee (or oil or butter); 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 4 to 5 garlic cloves (- small to medium-sized, crushed lightly); ¼ or ½ teaspoon garam masala; ¼ teaspoon red chilli powder (or ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper ); 1 or 2 green chilli (- slit or ½ teaspoon chopped); 1 pinch asafoetida ((hing), optional)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 35m total

Servings

Calories

9% of a 2,000 cal day

188KCAL

Protein

6g12% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat10g

12%

Saturated5g

27%

Unsaturated4g

—

Total Carbs21g

Fiber4g

13%

Total Sugars4g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch13g

—

Sodium310mg

13%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A protein-rich Indian lentil dish made with yellow moong dal, finished with a tempering of cumin, garlic, and chili in ghee. Simple, healthy, and traditionally served with rice or roti.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

½ cupmoong dal (split and hulled mung lentils)
⅓ cuponions — finely chopped
½ cuptomatoes
1 inchginger — finely chopped or minced
¼ tspred chili powder — or cayenne pepper
⅓ tspturmeric powder (ground turmeric)
1½ cupswater
salt — as needed
2–3 tbspghee — or oil or butter
1 tspcumin seeds
4–5garlic cloves — small to medium, crushed lightly
¼–½ tspgaram masala
¼ tspred chilli powder — or cayenne pepper
1–2green chilli — slit, chopped, ½ tsp
1 pinchasafoetida (hing) — optional

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Method

35m total

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