Indian Dal
Indian dish with moong dal, chiles, turmeric powder.

- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- India
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
- Combine the dal, green chillies, turmeric powder, and water in a pressure cooker.
- Cook for 15 minutes.
- Then leave the pressure cooker to release steam on its own.
- Open the pressure cooker.
- Mash the cooked dal.
- Add salt to taste.
- Add more water if it is too thick.
- Heat over a medium heat.
- Heat oil or ghee in a frying pan.
- Then add jeera and curry leaves.
- After it splutters, pour it over the cooked dal.
- 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.