Plain yellow dal or dal tadka is the most requested recipes in here and it forms an important part of Onam Sadya, forming the first course of the meal or sadya. I had posted the basic dal recipe with toor dal a while back. I also make this with yellow moong dal (splite green beans) when I run out of toor dal and it gives a very different tasting basic dal for your rice.
In Kerala, or atleast the parts that I am from, moong dal is usually preferred over toor dal. We make a curry with moong dal, any squash or cucumber we can get our hands on and also add coconut (but of course!). Oh wait, I actually have a recipe in here somewhere. Oh yes, here it is. Cherupayar Vellarikka Curry – yellow moong dal cooked with cucumber.
Yellow Moong Dal Tadka / Cherupayar Parippu CurryServes: 4What I Used:Yellow moong dal / split green bean / cherupayar – 1 cupGreen chillies – 2, splitTomato – 1, chopped (optional)Turmeric powder – 1 pinchSalt – to tasteFor tempering:Oil – 1 tbspMustard seeds – 1/2 tspJeera / jeerakam – 1 tspGinger – 1/2 tsp, gratedRed chillies – 2, torn into halvesCurry leaves – a fewHing / asafoetida / kaayam – a pinch (optional)How to make Moong Dal Tadka:1. Cook the dal in 4 cups water until soft or pressure cook for 3 whistles with turmeric, green chillies and tomato (if using). Let it cool.2. Heat oil in a pan and add the ingredients for tempering. When the mustard seeds start popping and the red chillies start to change colour, add the cooked dal to this and mix well. Add salt.
Shalini Phillips says
September 25, 2012 at 3:22 pmwhat if you do not have a pressure cooker? How long should you boil the lentils?
DID Doubles says
May 2, 2011 at 10:44 amThe pictures are lovely as usual. Really healthy comforting food.
Prathibha says
April 1, 2010 at 1:23 pmEven i prefer Moong dal in my cooking more than toor dal…I love the simple Moong dal wid Tadka..Real comfort food…
Nags says
April 1, 2010 at 1:23 pmYes, we usually don't make tadka with yellow moong dal either but I recently tried this when I was out of toor dal and it tasted really good 🙂
rekhas kitchen says
April 1, 2010 at 1:23 pmWe use to call this as tiyya pappu I do no y that name ha ha. drooling over your pic. yummy entry.
Sakshi says
April 1, 2010 at 1:22 pmI searched this post up and down 20 times for an accompanying rice dish..couldn't find it..Strange no?? So assuming that you are waiting for my famous secret LOTUS ROOT PECAN RICE dish to go with this yummy dal..
The curry leaf pic is awesome…we get a few dehydrated leaves in a ziploc bag here…so jealous of u now…
Jenni Malsingh says
April 1, 2010 at 1:22 pmOh, that moong dal looks so smooth and creamy, my mouth is watering! Do you ever put vegetables in your moong dal? I look to, for extra nutrition and also flavour. I have some pictures on my blog if you are interested: http://mangosoup.blogspot.com/2009/08/courgette-and-tomato-moong-dal.html
Jenni Malsingh says
August 5, 2009 at 3:46 pmOh, that moong dal looks so smooth and creamy, my mouth is watering! Do you ever put vegetables in your moong dal? I look to, for extra nutrition and also flavour. I have some pictures on my blog if you are interested: http://mangosoup.blogspot.com/2009/08/courgette-and-tomato-moong-dal.html
Microvoices Blogging says
July 20, 2009 at 2:20 pmIt seems simple Moong ki Dal recipe with yellow Moong ki dal. In spite of, it seems much delicious. I am going to cook it from your method once.
Divya Vikram says
June 11, 2009 at 12:10 amThis is ultimate comfort food!
Sig says
June 10, 2009 at 6:19 amI too prefer moong daal to toor daal in plain daal recipes, must be a mallu thing! 🙂
Nags says
June 10, 2009 at 2:46 amSJ – yes we get very fresh greens here. the weather is identical to south india so everything that grows there, grows here too! i actually have a curry leaves plant (these stalks in the pic are from the market though) and i have sown some green chilly seeds and keeping fingers crossed. there is no sunlight in my apartment and no balcony. we are on the 6th floor, thats the huge downside.
Home Cooked Oriya Food says
June 9, 2009 at 11:38 pmAwesome clicks. You take a simple dal and make it drool worthy! Just great! Love it…
Manasi says
June 9, 2009 at 11:21 pmMoong daal is high on my list too.. unlike toor daal it does not cause acidity!
Kalai says
June 9, 2009 at 10:36 pmI adore moong dal, too! In fact, it is my go to dal of choice and I use it in everything. This curry looks so yummy, Nags. Wish I could get such awesome curry leaves here… Am trying to grow some. We'll see how it goes! 🙂
chakhlere says
June 9, 2009 at 10:22 pmits nice replacement to toor dal tadka!!
Nice blog and nice pictures!!
Nithya Praveen says
June 9, 2009 at 7:26 pmLovely click.Jes the click makes it all the more tempting.Wonderful dal!
Superchef says
June 9, 2009 at 7:19 pmi generally prefer yellow moong dal to toor dal..even in sambar i use yellow moong dal only.
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Cilantro says
June 9, 2009 at 5:00 pmDelicious dhal…I am jealous looking at ther curry leaves. It is hard to find good ones here.
Mangala Bhat says
June 9, 2009 at 4:25 pmwow!lovely dal tadka …try this soon ..hey My next post is also ..Dal ..do visit me 😀
Pooja says
June 9, 2009 at 3:53 pmLovely cherupayar dal! My all time favourite!
Sakshi says
June 9, 2009 at 1:56 pmI searched this post up and down 20 times for an accompanying rice dish..couldn't find it..Strange no?? So assuming that you are waiting for my famous secret LOTUS ROOT PECAN RICE dish to go with this yummy dal..
The curry leaf pic is awesome…we get a few dehydrated leaves in a ziploc bag here…so jealous of u now…
Soma says
June 9, 2009 at 1:53 pmI prefer mung to toor, but I have grown to like the (not love) toor dal becoz of my hubby. I love the simple tarka dals…. ( I dry roast the mung on a tawa which brings out the strong flavor in it.. bong way:-))
RAKS KITCHEN says
June 9, 2009 at 1:44 pmEven I made this yesterday in the same way:) I just love this with basmati rice :)Looks great!
Kitchen Flavours says
June 9, 2009 at 11:29 amOh wow dal in any form is comforting….looks yum…
rekhas kitchen says
June 9, 2009 at 11:19 amWe use to call this as tiyya pappu I do no y that name ha ha. drooling over your pic. yummy entry.
SJ says
June 9, 2009 at 10:04 amMe:like dal, J: puke, Me:sigh.
Wow, those curry leaves look so fresh, we never get like that here…
Shama Nagarajan says
June 9, 2009 at 9:19 amquick and comfort dal
Parita says
June 9, 2009 at 8:13 amDal looks delicious..perfect comfort food for me with hot steaming rice 🙂
Nags says
June 9, 2009 at 7:25 amYes, we usually don't make tadka with yellow moong dal either but I recently tried this when I was out of toor dal and it tasted really good 🙂
Lena Rashmin Raj says
June 9, 2009 at 6:37 amNags…cherupayaru is my all time favorite..never made like this..surely i will try this.. 🙂
Pavithra says
June 9, 2009 at 6:20 amI too make this, our fav too. The pictures are lovely as usual. Really healthy comforting food.
Prathibha says
June 9, 2009 at 5:57 amEven i prefer Moong dal in my cooking more than toor dal…I love the simple Moong dal wid Tadka..Real comfort food…
Kalyani says
June 9, 2009 at 4:10 amwow the dal looks delicious …. nice pictures……