Moong Dal Fry

 Moong dal is highly nutritious and very easy to digest. It is very easy on the stomach and hence cooked often for sick people.

This is a simple recipe of moong dal fry. Moong dal usually does not much of a flavour. The perfect blend of the spices, together with the sourness of amchur gives it a very good flavour.

Do try this out as a variation with your usual dal.

Ingredients:
Yellow Moong Dal - 1 cup
Grated Ginger
Garlic petals - 2-3- finely chopped
Tomato - half (finely chopped)
Jeera \ Cumin seeds - half tsp
Garam Masala - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - half tsp

Curry Leaves
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - half tsp
Amchur powder - half tsp

Kasuri Methi - 1 tbsp

Hing
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Salt
Water


Procedure:
1. Soak the moong dal in hot water for around 30 mins
2. Cook the dals in the pressure cooker with little hing and a pinch of turmeric powder and keep it aside.
3. Take a kadhai, add Ghee.
4. Once hot, add Cumin seeds. Once they splutter, add chopped garlic petals, red chilies, curry leaves and hing.
5. Add the chopped tomatoes and let them cook fora couple of mins.
6. Add the chili powder,turmeric powder, coriander powder and garam masala and mix well.
7. Finally add the boiled dal.

8. Next add the amchur powder, kasuri methi and salt as needed and let it cook for another 5 minutes.

The Moong Dal Tadka is ready.

Serve it hot with steamed rice or roti.