Maghamethi / whole moong dal curry is an simple and delicious dal variety which needs very less labour and this Method which meenu anuty has given is oil free so people who are diet conscious this the perfect recipe to try with lots of protein and mineral in it 🙂
Thank you meenu anuty for this quick version of dal we enjoyed a lot . Click here to see meenu anuty’s recipe 🙂
Ingredients
1 cup green whole moong
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
2 Green chillies
1/2 tsp red chilli pd
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
a pinch of hing/ Asafortida
a small piece of chopped ginger
salt to taste
1/4 tsp Amchur pd or 1 tsp lemon juice
For garnish
Few curry Leaves
Few chopped coriander leaves
Method
- Soak moong dhal and fenugreek in water for 1 hour.
- In pressure cooker, cook moong with fenugreek seeds with one cup of water.
- Keep for 2 whistles and once pressure cooker cools down, open the lid and roughly mash the moong or use hand blender or a spatula.
- Add some more water and then add all dry ingredients ,salt, turmeric, amchur, asafoetida . Also add finely chopped green chilli with curry leaves and ginger.
- Boil the dal till you get the right consistency and all the ingredients come together. Serve hot with rice or roti . Garnish them with coriander leaves.
Tips
- If using lemon juice add it 5 mins before you remove dhal from heat.
- You can even add chole/kabuli channa to this dal and make it more delicious and healthy .
Sending to Homely Food
Perfect dish and that too oil free is a lovely concept manju
Love this oil free n protein rich curry dear….
Oil-free daal sounds like a very interesting recipe!! Thanks for sharing….
hehe i didnt realise that maghamethi wud be loved by all of u so much
i m amused at the diff looks of maghamethi i m seeing now a days
thanks for linking up manju