Indian Moong Dal
This recipe is for cooking moong dal in the typical Indian way.
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)
Ingredients for 4 servings (615 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
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.
Pressure cooker - 2
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.
Pressure cookerStovetop - 3
Heat oil or ghee in a frying pan, then add jeera and curry leaves. After it splutters, pour it over the cooked dal.
Stovetop - 4
Serve hot with rice or rotis.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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