Methi dal

One of my fave dishes and is very easy to make ! 

Ingredients :

Moong dal : 1 cup

Methi leaves : 1 bunch ( washed and chopped finely, can use stem too if render)

Green chillies : 4. -5 as per taste , chopped finely

Tomato : one medium chopped fine

Garlic : 6-8 pods chopped

Oil for seasoning and to fry methi leaves

Salt to taste

Lime juice :  1tsp

Haldi : 1/2 tsp

Wash the dal and keep aside

In a pressure pan take around 2 tsp ofoil  and when hot add the finely chopped methi leaves and fry for two to three minutes.

Then add the green chillies and fry for a minute.

Then add the dal and tomato and add around two to three cups of water.

Add haldi, salt and cover and cook . ( if pan switchboff before the whistle comes )

When pressure falls , open check seasoning and make it to desired consistency, can add lime juice now. Gove a boil and swirch off, then give a tadka of garlic and serve hot!

Dal Fry -1

This recipe is from my friend Chandrika Kini.  She uses just tuar dal , i added a spoon of moong dal and masoor dal each, along with 2 spoons of chana dal.

Cook the dals ( i cup tuar dal and the other dals if u so wish), with haldi jeera kadi patta and salt.

then prepare a tadka of onions, jeera green chillies, hing chilli powder. add salt and simmer.
 finally add lime juice and dhania  ! ( she has said that tomatoes can be added but i have not added).

Moong dal varn

This recipe is from my friend Sujata, with whom I used to have long conversations literally everyday in Muscat. 

Had this recipe from a long time before I finally tried it out today and it tastes yumm!  Something other than the dal, rasam, sambhar to have with rice ! 

Ingredients 

Moong dal one cup

Coconut grated   Little more than 1/4 cup

Green chillies as per taste

Fried red chillies. 2

Tamarind a scrape

Haldi a pinch

Jeera 1 1/2 tsp

Salt

Tadka ghee rai curry leaves and red chillies

Grind coconut chilles tamarind  haldi and jeera to a smooth paste.

Dry roast moong dal, till slightly red, wash and cook and then mash.

Add the masala, enough water to get the required thickness and salt and boil. 

Finally give tadka !

Lauki with chana dal

This recipe is from Suphala Shenoy !  Simple and delicious !

Cook chana dal with haldi and green chilli and lauki separately.  Take oil add jeera and then hing.

Add tomatoes,  dhania pwd and red chilli pwd,  then the cooked dal and lauki. 

Add a spoon of sugar and salt to taste.  Then add garam masala.

Cook till thick and garnish with dhania leaves. 

I used sambhar pwd instead of garam masala and curry leaves in place of coriander leaves.