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Super healthy fabulous simple dal perfect for any meal.
Ingredients:
- Methi / Fenugreek Leaves - 1 bunch
- Toor Dal / Yellow Pigeon Peas - 1/4 cup
- Green chili - 3 nos.
- Garlic flakes - 2 nos.
- Curry Leaves - Few
- Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
- Lemon Juice - 2 tsp
- Hing/Asafoetida - a Pinch
- Salt to taste
- Oil
For Seasoning
- Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds - 2 tsp
- Red Chili - 2 nos
Time Required: 20 minutes
Method:
1) Cook toor dal churn well and keep it aside
2
) Heat oil in a medium size pan, add seasoning seeds and allow to crackle
3
) Add Red chili and fry 30 seconds, add chopped garlic pieces, curry leaves and split
green chili and saute for 2 mins
4
) Add methi leaves and cook till methi is well done
5
) Add cooked toor dal, 1 cup of water, turmeric powder, hing and salt and continue to cook for 5 more mins.
6
) Remove from fire and add lemon juice and mix well.
Serve this yummy spicy methi dal with steam rice and papad.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Rice
- ½ cup Moong Dal / Green Gram Split
- 5 cups Water (apprx. twice the quantity of rice and dal)
- 1 tsp Jeera / Cumin Seeds
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper Powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric/Haldi powder
- ½ tsp Red Chili powder(optional)
- ¼ tsp Asafoetida/Hing
- Salt to taste
Time Required: 30 mins
Method:
1) Wash
rice and moong dal, drain and keep aside.
2) Heat
oil in pressure cooker pan, add pepper powder and jeera, allow to splutter, then
add haldi, and asafoetida.
3) If
you want you can also add vegetables of your choice like green peas,
potatoes, onions etc. Stir fry the vegetables till soft. Add red chili
powder(optional).
4) Now
add rice + dal and water (apprx. twice the quantity of rice and dal). And
then add salt.
5) Cover
and pressure cook the khichadi. 3 whistles is enough. Smear some ghee.
6) Serve
hot with Kadi and roasted papad.
*Papad means- It is one type of Indian fryums in a shape of thin, disc shaped often
made from black gram/white lentils & rice.
