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May 11, 2010

Moong Dal Curry

I'm getting kinda busy and not able to post the same day I make the dish. I had prepared this 2 weeks back for my daughter. So it is kid tested and was a great success..she had one dosa extra.Whenever I cook something for shweets I make sure I add cumin and pepper corns as they help to cure cold. Constant climate changes causes the kids to get affected with cold quite often.This really helps...

Also this dish also helps in the 5210 rule...info from blendcentralmn.org.

5 - Eat 5 or more vegetables a day
2 - Restrict TV and Computer time to 2 hrs
1 - Make it a habit to have atleast 1 hr of moderate physical activity
0 - Say no to soda's, sugar sweetened drinks

I think it is very important to integrate these healthy habits at early ages. Our childhood was totally different TV was just reserved for Oliyum Oliyum, Sunday movie, He-Man etc..But now they are happy watching TV the whole day.When I say no to TV my 3 year old says "Mommy its boring". We try to keep her busy in other activities and make sure she does not get addicted to TV.Trying our best !!!!!


This simple dal curry is cooked with Yellow Moong Dal, Vegetables with a mild seasoning. Goes well with Chapati, Idly, Dosa etc.,and is sent to Cooking with Seeds - Cumin event hosted at Sara's Corner started by Priya .Also makes its way to Suma's Delicious Dals from India event hosted at Veggie Platter

Ingredients

Moong Dal 1 1/2 cup
Carrot - 1 no
Beans - 10 no
Green Peas - 1/2 cup
Potato - 1 no
White Onion - 1 no
Tomato - 1 no
Garlic Pods - 4 no
Green Chilly - 2 no
Pepper corns - 5 no
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt for Taste

Seasoning

Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Onion - 1/2 no
Curry leaves
Ghee - 1 tsp

Method
  • Wash and add the moong dal to a pressure cooker.
  • Add chopped, onion, tomatoes, carrot, beans, peas, potato to the dal.
  • Add green chillies (Cut the ends or split it),turmeric powder, garlic pods, pepper corns, salt required amount of water, and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
  • Heat ghee, add mustard, cumin seeds, and allow it to splutter.
  • Add onion, curry leaves and saute until onion turns translucent.
  • Transfer the seasoning to the dal and boil for 2 min.
  • Serve Warm with Chapati or Dosa.

Reactions:

14 comments:

Thanks for the delicious dal entry. When I saw the curry in title, I thought oh oh, not again since I am getting all those subzi recipes with beans. :)
I love moongdal but had not tried with veggies like you did. Will try your version soon.

5210 rule thats good..so ur daughter really enjoyed this dal curry..looks delicious..nice color too

Protein packed and nutritious curry, looks truly irresistible..Shabi, i can able to see the pic, dunno how u r nt able to see the yellow peas curry..pls do check again..

Creamy and delicious moong dhal.

Looks lovely and I love that 5210 rule :)

Lovely curry for roti. Nice click!

Hi Shabitha, this is very nice recipe..we make similar dal but I won't add garlic..will post my version of this dal soon..

Great dal recipe, Simple yet tasty

Love
Kairali sisters

loved tht 5210...great...dal super cool with jeera rice...bful colr and bful clicks

sounds so delicious, love the color and looks perfectly yummy

you remind me of my chindhood days. This was the first dish I prepared when I started cooking. made me nostalgic

looks very nice. Healthy too. mY SON too loves dal Curry. I will try ur version next time.

Shabitha, very nice recipe dear 5210 rule very good hope ur daughter enjoyed this yum healthy dal dear.

Yummy dal. Thanks for the delicious entry. good rule.

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