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Hyderabadi Khatti Dal / Moong Dal Seasoned with Spices

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Hope you had a awesome new year celebration. We celebrated this new year with a complete vegetarian feast…I made tomato kulambu, rasam, khatti dal, tawa baigan, valakai poriyal along with rice and papad..And lets not forget the desert, I made dal payasam with lots of cashews and raisans in it..And the meal was a total hit..I took pictures of everything and will post it soon one by one..

So I am starting with this simple hyderabadi dal which is so easy to make but delicious and healthy to eat..There are lots of flavourings going around this dish like garlic, ginger, curry leaves and all yummy stuffs..This dal gets its life by the seasoning which we put in last, try to make the seasoning with ghee which gives a awesome flavour to it..
So without any more delay off you go to the recipe..



Preparation Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 40 to 45 mins
Serves : 4 to 5


Ingrediants:

Split Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu – 1 cup
Green Chilli – 1 chopped finely
Coriander Leaves  / Cilantro – 2 tblspn + for garnishing finely chopped
Ginger – 1 tblspn finely chopped
Garlic -1 tblspn finely chopped
Curry leaves -1 spring
Tamarind Paste –  1 tblspn or to taste
Turmeric Powder -1 tsp
Chilli powder -1 tsp
Salt to taste


For Tempering / Seasoning:
Oil or Ghee – 1 tblspn
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku -1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam -1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli – 1
Curry leaves – 1 spring


Method:

Wash moong dal in lots of water untill all starch goes away from it. Let it soak for 15 mins.

Drain it and put it in a kadai. Add 4 cups of water, turmeric, green chilli, garlic, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves, chilli powder and mix well.

Bring this to a boil and let it simmer for 20 – 25 mins untill completely cooked and soft.

Now add tamarind, salt and mix well. Let it simmer for 5 mins.

Make seasoning by heating oil. Add mustard and cumin seeds and let it crackle. Add dry red chilli and curry leaves and mix well.

Pour this seasoning over the dal and mix well.

Garnish with lots of coriander leaves and mix well.

Serve this with rice..

Pictorial:
Take all your ingrediants ( add dry red chilli too)
Take washed and soaked dal in a kadai
Cover with water
add chilli powder
turmeric powder
curry leaves
ginger & garlic
green chilli & coriander leaves
and mix well
bring this to boil
cover and simmer
untill dal is cooked
add tamarind
salt
and mix well
make seasoning by heating oil
add mustard & cumin seeds
dry red chilli
and curry leaves
Pour the seasoning over the dal
and mix well
throw in lots of coriander leaves
and mix well
Serve
taste great with rice
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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  10. The Yogi Vegetarian

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