DAL MASALA

Hi all,

The recipe I am going to share today is one of my favourite side dish. Its a very common dish and I am sure many of you would be making it often as well. I was introduced to this dish by my MIL in one of her visits to the US. I loved it and since then its been a regular at our house for dinner. Hope you like it as much as me and my family do. Here it goes

DAL MASALA

INGREDIENTS

MOONG DAL : 2 CUPS
ONION: 1 MEDIUM CHOPPED
TOMATO: 1 MEDIUM CUT INTO SMALL PIECES
GREEN CHILLIES: 4-5 CHOPPED
GINGER: CHOPPED (2 TSP)
HALF A LEMON
CHOPPED CORIANDER LEAVES
OIL AND SALT AS REQUIRED

DAL MASALA

MAKING

Boil the Moong dal covering it with enough water on a low flame with a pinch of turmeric and salt. Make sure the gas in in low flame as Moong dal tends to overflow and the salt added should be half of what we is needed for the entire dish as we add the rest to the veg gravy in total. Take a kadai, fry the onions in 2 tsp of oil until light brown. Add the Ginger, green chillies and stir for a couple of minutes. Once the onion is sweating and soft, add the cut tomato pieces and stir again until the tomatoes are soft and have mixed well with the onion mix. Add the other half of salt as required and allow it to cook for about 2-3 minutes on a medium flame. Finally, add the boiled Moong Dal and cook for another few minutes until the dal has mixed well with the rest of the ingredients. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves. Delicious Dal is ready, serve it hot with roti's /chapathi's,

TIPS

 If you want you can make the Dal without Tomato in it. In that case, just add the lemon juice right at the end after garnish to get the flavor. Make sure the gas is switched off when adding the lemon juice. Enjoy !