Moong Dal with Palak

Ingredients :

• 1 cup split Green Gram Lentil (Moong Dal)
• 3 cup chopped Spinach (Palak)
• a pinch of Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
• 1 tsp Red Chili Powder (Lal Mirchi)
• 1 tsp Asafetida (Hing)
• 2 tblsp Butter
• 1 tsp chopped Garlic (Lasun)
• 1 tsp chopped Ginger (Adrak)
• a pinch of Sodium bi carbonate
• 1 tblsp fresh Cream

How to make :

• Wash and soak the gram for 30 minutes.
• Boil some water in a pan.
• Add the spinach leaves and the sodium bi carbonate and cook the leaves for a minute over a high flame till the leaves are cooked.
• Drain the leaves and when cool grind in a blender. remove and keep aside.
• Cook the dal ,turmeric powder, chilly powder and the salt in a pressure cooker.
• When the dal is cooked remove from the flame and keep aside.( make sure the dal is dissolved in the water, if the water was not sufficient add some more water and cook the dal again in a pan . use a wooden spoon to mash the dal).
• Transfer the dal to a pan and add the spinach paste. mix thoroughly.
• Cook over a low flame for 2 minutes.remove from the flame and keep aside.
• Melt the butter in a pan . Add the garlic and fry for till the garlic turns light brown in color.
• Add the ginger and the asafoetida and fry for a few seconds over a low flame.
• Add the dal and mix thoroughly. remove from the flame and serve hot garnished with cream.

Dal Maharani

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup Rajma
• 1/4 cup Urad dal
• 1/4 cup Chana dal
• 1 Onions, chopped
• 2 Tomatoes, chopped
• 3 Green chillies, sliced
• 1/2 inch Ginger, Grated
• Salt To taste
• 1 Pinch Turmeric Powder
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• Corainder leaves
• 1 tbsp Handful Butter
• 1/4 cup Cream
• 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds

Preparation:

• Soak rajma, urad daal and chana dal overnight.
• Pressure cook the urad dal, chana dal and rajma. Mash them a little. Keep aside.
• Heat butter in a pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and fry until they splutter. Add ginger and chillies.
• Fry for few minutes. Add chopped onions and tomatoes. Cook until done.
• Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and stir well.
• Add the mashed dals and boil for few minutes.
• Add cream, corainder leaves and mix well. Serve the dal maharani hot with roti.

Arhar Dal

Ingredients

• 1 cup Split Red Lentil (Masoor Dal)
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
• 1 tsp Cumin Seed Powder (Jeera)
• 2 Green Chilli (Hari mirch)
• 2 Dry Red Chily (Saboot Lal Mirchi)
• 1 tsp chopped Ginger (Adrak)
• 2 Bay Leaf (Tej Patta)
• 10 gms Mixed Spices (onion seeds,fenugreek seeds,aniseeds,cuminseeds and mustard seeds) 2 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)
• 1 tsp Sugar
• Salt to taste

How to make arhar dal:

• Wash the dal and cook the dal in a sauteuse with the turmeric, salt and the sugar over a medium flame.
• Add half of the ginger to the dal along with the cumin powder.
• When the dal is cooked and thick remove from the fire.
• Heat the ghee in a pan and add the mixed spices,(a little of onion seeds, fenugreek seeds , aniseeds, cumin seeds and mustard seeds all mixed together).
• When the mustard seeds crackle add the bay leaf, remaining chopped ginger , slit green chilliesand the broken red chillies. fry for 2 minutes and pour over the dal.mix thoroughly. serve hot.