Green Moong Dal Curry
Need to make something quick and your head is blank with little to no ideas swarming around? Try this quick 15-min recipe that is rich in protein and makes for a healthy meal paired with chapathis.Traditionally dal for rotis are made with toor dal but moong dal also makes a great tasting side dish.
Preparation Time: 40 minutes
No of servings: 3-5
Spice Level: 3 out of 5
Ingredients:
- Whole Green Moong dal : 1 cup(You can use sprouted Moong dal too)
- Onions : 1
- Tomato : 1
- Green chilies : 4
- Milk : 1 cup
- Turmeric Powder : 1/4 tsp
- Ginger and Garlic paste : 1 tbsp
- Curry leaves : 3 to 4
- Oil : 1 tbsp
- Cumin seeds : 1/2 tsp
Method Of preparation :
- Soak the whole moong dal for over night or if you are in hurry soak it in hot water for one hour at least( otherwise if you have no time at all to soak, want to make it immediately just pressure cook it for 4 whistle and use it).
- Then pressure cook the soaked moong dal with 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 cup water for three whistle.
- Heat oil in a pan with cumin seeds and curry leaves fry them in low flame for a minute.
- Add Onion and green chilies fry them till it becomes golden brown .
- And add the ginger garlic paste and fry them till the raw smells goes.
- Now add the cooked whole moong dal in to it with little turmeric powder and salt.
- Mix it well and add 1 1/2 cups of water and 1/2 cup of milk add tomatoes now .
- And close the lid let it boil for 5 minutes in high flame.
- After that remove from heat and garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve it hot with chapathi. 🙂
Tip:
You can use sprouted Moong dal instead of whole green moong dal. And if you have no time to soak the whole moong dal you can just pressure cook it with 1/2 cup milk .
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Looks so yummy Shriya. Great and healthy recipe.
I love anything with moong dal. Quick, simple, and delicious. What more could I ask for? Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Looks so yummy! and healthy too! Nice one!
i love to cook this whole green moong dal..as it is healthy and also a tasty one too. Great Recipe.
Looks delicious and healthy too.
perfect for roties shriya ,looks soo delecious
A nice reminder of health and time.Good work.
Awesome receipe….we had it for dinner with phulkas. The taste went so good with the rotis. Thanks for sharing this with us!
Thanks for your lovely Comments Mythereye.
I love Moong dal too kalai. Thanks for your comments.
Yes it is healthy lavi.
Thanks for your commets daily meals.
Thanks sagari & Anamika Singh..
Thanks for your lovely comments Smitha Anish.
hi nice all recipy
Thanks for dropping by my blog !!
Wow ur site and the recipes are wonderfull !!
Love this curry !!
Moong dal is my favorite dish. I have never made it by adding milk. It was delicious.
Thanks Shreya
Welcome to spicytasty Archy. Thanks for your lovely comments.
Thanks neeru. Glad you liked it. 🙂
I really like whole green dal, It’s probably my favorite…can’t wait to try it!
wonderful dish. milky green dal, I like 🙂 Nice blog
Welcome to spicytasty Zlamushka. Thanks for stopping by and taking your time to comment. 🙂
Hi Shriya, this is the second time I am making this tasty curry, googled for moong and came here! What with the words in first para being on my mind..was blank…very helpful and tasteful recipe! THks for sharing…HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!
What changes would you make if you’re using sprouts?
This was just perfect recipe for me…..I made it yesterday and it came out fab…
Thanks a lot…
it looks great, but i have one question, you said , to boil, put 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup milk.. i think in that much, 1 cup dal wouldnt even get properly soaked. what do you say, shouldnt there be some more water. and whts the secret of adding tamatos so late, normally we do add them after onions get golden brown. will it taste better if we put tamatos the way you have suggested. thanks. i’ll wait for your reply.
abhijit
oita, japan.
Is Milk compatible with Garlic? that’s my only concern
Can i cook this if i don’t have the pressure cooker?
How long?
Thanks!
Yes, but it will take long time to fully cook the moong dal.
can we cook moong dal with only water instead of mixing with milk
Yes you can add water instead of milk. But if you cook with milk it tastes so good.
thanks for this nice recipes
thanks for this nice recipe
hi shriya today i tried ur recipie i was very nice thanks for ur repice but i have doubt can adding tomatoes a little later will give any addtional taste normally we will add after adding onions can u pls tell this
Actually when you add the tomatoes later it gives good sour taste and better flavor. You can see the difference in taste between after and before adding.
hi shriya i want a help from u .
i too want to post my recipies can u pls help me how to post
Hey Shriya,
I tried this curry, it was very delicious. Good job and thanks a lot.
I tried it this morning Shriya…it was soooo tasty and yummy…my hubby told me that my cooking is becoming very delicious now a days…credit goes to u Shriya as I am preparing dishes by visiting ur site…. Keep rocking 🙂
will ya marry me shriya? 😀
u make a bachelors life very easy and my cookin is gr8 now !!
ok u get to be the headchef i promise..will do as u say in the kitchen lol..
i LOVED the mong dal recipe.my mom is making it for her office and i bet they will love it aswell!
this healthy recipe leads to a healthy life !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shriya you are probibly a great cook and i loved the reicpe
ALOT
mmmm mm good! I just had this dish and it just finger-licking tasty!
I am glad it came out gud for you. thanks for trying it out.
I tried this one wow! simply delicious, i also tried the methi with potato …. now i am getting addicted to your site.. thanks for sharing both your receipes.
Hey Shriya… I really like your moong dal recipe… I do have one question.. I get green moong dal from Indian store.. and I soak it overnight in lots of water ( arnd 4 cups of water in one cup moong dal) but the next day only upper layer of the dal is fluffy.. dal at the bottom does not change at all.. it still reamins hard… can you suggest how should I soak the dal??
Hi shivani,
When you are soaking the moong dal try soaking it in hot water and cover it with lid. If you want to soak it well and quickly try soaking it in a hot box. And also try adding extra cups of water. Hope you will find this useful.
Just gave this recipe a go. The results were beyond anything I expected, it’s just sooo good. Thanks a ton for sharing 🙂
Thanks a lot for this recipe. Guests really enjoyed the food.
Keep posting other recipes too. Once again it was really yummy
Shriya, Thanks for the recipe. Milk in moong daal was strange to me but tasted good.
who in the world adds milk to dal???
must be a south indian preparation since I have never heard of it in north indian states. ANyway thanks for the recipe..
🙂
I tried this recipe and loved it.
Thanks!
Hi Shriya,
Thanks a lot for the dish. I made it yesterday and it came out very tasty. We all loved it. This was the first time that I added milk to any dish, it came out well. Thanks once again.
could you suggest me some more akkha moong or moong daal recipies.
Thanks.
Perfect and tempting
Does the milk have to be boiled before putting it in? Or can I just use it from milk cover directly?
Made this last week and turned out a charm. Thank you
A great thanks from one of the worst cooks in the world! This worked!
Love this recipe .. its very different from the usual gravies ..
Very simple, easy to make and absolutely tasty recipe. Tried it yesterday and was an instant hit. Entire family loved it and they where keen to know the recipe. My husband wants me to make this weekly. All credits to you. Thank you 🙂
Thanks all of you for your valuable comments.
Cool, simple and tasty too!!!
But what do I do with the tomatoes!!
thanks for d wonderful recipe!! came out really well. tried for dinner with chappathi.