Ingredients
- ½ cup moong dal
- 3 green chiles
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1½ cups water
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp cooking oil or ghee
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 tsp jeera (cumin)
Make it step by step
- 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 and mash the cooked dal. Add salt to taste. Add more water if it is too thick and 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.
Nutrition and portions
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Recipe source
Adapted from Wikibooks Cookbook by Wikibooks contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.
Contributor history and attribution
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