Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, green gram dhal curry. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Green gram is known as "pachai payaru" in tamil and "moong dal" in Hindi. This moong dal gravy is yet another addition to my long list of side dishes for This is very easy to prepare and is a great side dish for both chapati and rice. Today we will learn how to make moong dal curry following this easy recipe. Green gram curry is a delicious protein packed dish made with green moong dal, spices, herbs, onions & tomatoes.
Green Gram Dhal Curry is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Green Gram Dhal Curry is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have green gram dhal curry using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Green Gram Dhal Curry:
- Get 1 cup Green Gram
- Prepare 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- Prepare 2 Onions (chopped)
- Take 1 inch Ginger (chopped)
- Get (chopped) 4 pods Garlic
- Get 2 chilies Green (chopped)
- Get 2 Tomatoes (chopped)
- Get 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- Prepare 2 tsps Chili powder
- Prepare 2 tsps Coriander powder
- Get 1 tsp Cumin powder
- Get 1 tbsp Lemon juice
- Take to taste Salt
- Get 2 tbsps Oil
- Get 2 - 3 cups Water (accordingly)
- Make ready handful Coriander mint leaves or (chopped)
If I make a side veggie dish, I serve the dal with steamed rice or we just have it with rotis with a side veggie salad. If you are looking for more Dal recipes then do check Green gram dhal is my favourite but havent tried it myself all these days. Switch off and serve hot with. Whole moong dal/mung bean curry south indian style.
Instructions to make Green Gram Dhal Curry:
- Wash the green gram under running cold water till water runs clear. Soak it in enough warm water for about 1 hour. After soaking, discard the water, add green gram to pressure cooker with salt.
- Then add 1 1/2 cups of water to the green gram. Close it with the lid, put the weight on, turn on the heat on high. Let it cook for 1 whistle on high + 10 mins on medium-low. Let the pressure go down by itself and then open the cover.
- While pressure is releasing, heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add cumin seeds, let them sizzle.
- Then add chopped onions and saute till golden brown. And salt to speed up the process. To this add ginger, garlic and green chilies. Saute until raw smell disappears.
- Then add chopped tomatoes and mix. Cook for 1-2 minutes or until the tomatoes soften. Then add cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and red chili powder. Mix it well and cook for a minute or until the oil separates.
- Then add the cooked green gram and 3/4 cups of water. Mix well and let it simmer for 4-5 minutes. You can adjust the consistency by adding more water or boiling the extra water as per your preference.
- Turn off the stove and then add lemon juice. Garnish with mint leaves or coriander leaves. Mix well and it is ready to serve with rice or chapati.
Switch off and serve hot with. Whole moong dal/mung bean curry south indian style. Lentils and rice make perfect lunches. I never came across whole green gram in south indian recipes that I had so far in south indian restaurants. So Green gram dal fry has now become a common side dish at home.
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