Subru Uncle's Whole Green Moong Dal I'll Be Making Alot In The U

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 tablespoon cumin seed
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 medium green chili, washed,ends trimmed and finely chopped
• 2 medium onions, peeled,washed and finely chopped
• 1 inch fresh ginger, peeled,washed and finely chopped
• 5 cloves garlic, peeled,washed and finely chopped
• 2 medium tomatoes, peeled,washed and finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons turmeric powder
• 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder (use a little less than 1/2 tsp.)
• 4 sprigs of fresh curry leaves, washed and torn
• 1/4 cup water (this is added for cooking the tomatoes)
• 2 cups water (to boil whole green moong dal)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups water (to make gravy for the lentils this is added at the end)
• 1 1/2 cups whole green lentils, cleaned,washed,soaked in water for 30 minutes and drained (whole green moong dal)

Recipe

• 1 put the drained green lentils alongwith 2 cups of water in a large pot and bring to a boil.
• 2 lower flame to medium, cover and allow the lentils to continue to cook until tender.
• 3 this will take about 30 minutes.
• 4 do not throw out this water in which you have cooked the lentils.
• 5 now, with the back of a large mixing spoon, mash the lentils.
• 6 keep aside.
• 7 heat oil in a large pan on medium flame.
• 8 once it's hot, add mustard seeds and allow to splutter.
• 9 once they start spluttering, add cumin seeds and allow to crackle.
• 10 once they start crackling, add curry leaves and stir-fry for 2 minutes on medium flame.
• 11 then, toss in the chopped ginger,garlic,onions and green chilli.
• 12 mix well and continue to stir-fry until the masala becomes very dry.
• 13 add turmeric powder, corriander powder and red chilli powder.
• 14 mix well and continue to stir-fry for another 3 minutes.
• 15 fold in the chopped tomatoes alongwith 1/4 cup of water.
• 16 this water is to be added to cook the tomatoes.
• 17 mix well and cook on medium flame until the tomatoes become really soft and mushy.
• 18 add salt and mix well.
• 19 add the lentil-water mixture to this pot containing the prepared masala mixture.
• 20 mix well.
• 21 stir in 1 1/4 cups of water (so that you obtain the correct consistency of this lentil curry).
• 22 remove from heat.
• 23 serve hot with rotis (indian flatbreads) or bread or cooked long-grain basmati rice.