Yellow Moong Dal

Dal is the essential part of vegetarian Indian meal..All types of lentils when cooked with spices with some gravy in it the dish is termed as dal.we have lots of varieties of lentils whch are cooked in Indian kitchens depending upon the regionIt depends mainly upon the crop of that region.In north part of country urad chana and moong are in anundance.Where as in southern part it is the tuvar dal which is cooked mainly as sambhar or rasam.

In marwar moong and chana is grown in abundance.So in most of the houses moong is cooked daily in various forms Moong dal is of two types one is with green skin on it and the other is without skin which is yellow in colour and is called as mogar.
Moong dal is very simple to cook and easy to digest also.This dal tastes great even without seasoning.

Let us cook yellow moong dal today.

Ingredients required

1 cup yellow moong dal
   salt to taste
1/2 teaspoon haldi or turmeric powder
1 teaspoon  coriander powder
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
a pinch of hing
1 teaspoon      finely chopped green dhania leaves 
1 teaspoon      finely chopped green chillies and ginger
1 tablespoon    ghee 
mint fresh or dried leaves
In a pressure cooker pour 2 cups of water and add washed moong dal and salt   .Add all the spices and hing and pour 1 tab spoon of ghee.Stir well ..Put it on the ges and cook it till 2 whistles and then switch off the gas.Open the cooker after the pressure is lowered.Now pour 1 more cup of water stir with a big laddle and pour remainig tab spoon of ghee.Put on the flame till it starts boiling again for 2 minutes.Garnish with dhania ginger ,mint and chillies.Dal is ready to serve.Serve with rice ,roti or paratha.