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.
I 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…
Oh, 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
Oh, 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
It 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.
This is ultimate comfort food!
I too prefer moong daal to toor daal in plain daal recipes, must be a mallu thing! 🙂
Awesome clicks. You take a simple dal and make it drool worthy! Just great! Love it…
Moong daal is high on my list too.. unlike toor daal it does not cause acidity!
I 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! 🙂
its nice replacement to toor dal tadka!!
Nice blog and nice pictures!!