Mixed Lentil Dal

a previous post, I of late picked upward approximately fresh fenugreek from my local Indian grocery store. Not wanting to waste materials a large bunch of these delightful leaves, I searched through i of the latest acquisitions to my extensive cookbook collection in addition to made this slow to digest mixed dal dish that I was able to portion amongst friends. It goes particularly good amongst basmati rice. For a existent treat, serve amongst a choice of Indian appetizers, such every bit samosas, onion bhaji, pakoras in addition to katchoori.

Mixed Lentil Dal

Adapted from "Pure in addition to Simple" past times Vidhu Mittal

1/4 loving cup of whole mung beans
1/4 loving cup of separate mung beans
1/3 loving cup of chana dal
1/3 loving cup of toor dal
1 teaspoon of turmeric powder
ii large tomatoes, finely chopped
1 inch slice of ginger, peeled in addition to finely chopped
ii - iii greenish chilies, seeded in addition to finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon of mango pulverization (amchoor)
1/2 teaspoon of garam masala
dash of cayenne
1 loving cup of fresh fenugreek leaves
ii tablespoons of fresh parsley or cilantro

For the tempering:

1 tablespoon of butter or ghee (or oil)
1/2 teaspoon of asafetida
1/2 teaspoon of fenugreek seeds
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoon of ruby-red chili powder

Soak the mung beans, chana dal, separate mung in addition to toor dal inwards plenty H2O to embrace for a few hours. Drain in addition to transfer to a large pot amongst ii 1/2 cups of H2O in addition to the turmeric. Bring to a boil, embrace in addition to simmer, stirring occasionally, until the legumes are soft in addition to tender - roughly thirty minutes. Add a flake to a greater extent than H2O if necessary.

Now add together the tomatoes to the pot, along amongst the ginger, greenish chilies, mango powder, garam masala, cayenne in addition to fenugreek leaves. Cook for approximately other five minutes or so, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, laid the tempering: Heat the butter or ghee inwards a small-scale frying pan over medium heat. When hot, add together the asafetida, fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds in addition to chili powder. Stir in addition to fry for roughly 1 infinitesimal in addition to pour over the cooked dal.

Serves four - 5.

More Dal recipes from :
Tarka Dal
Urad Dal amongst Tomatoes
Urad Dal amongst Tomatoes, Spices in addition to Coconut
Creamy Mung Dal Curry

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