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Indian Dal

Indian dish with moong dal, chiles, turmeric powder.

Indian Dal
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Ingredients

  • ½ cup moong dal
  • 3 green chiles
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1½ cups water
  • 2 tbsp cooking oil
  • 1 sprig curry leaves
  • 1 tsp jeera

Steps

  1. Combine the dal, green chillies, turmeric powder, and water in a pressure cooker.
  2. Cook for 15 minutes.
  3. Then leave the pressure cooker to release steam on its own.
  4. Open the pressure cooker.
  5. Mash the cooked dal.
  6. Add salt to taste.
  7. Add more water if it is too thick.
  8. Heat over a medium heat.
  9. Heat oil or ghee in a frying pan.
  10. Then add jeera and curry leaves.
  11. After it splutters, pour it over the cooked dal.
  12. Serve hot with rice or rotis.

Adapted from “Indian Dal”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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