The tastiest Moong Daal recipe to try at home | 24 Mantra Organic

Easy Daal recipe

This is post marks a lot of first for new beginnings. A new series on Foodie Land blog will now a part, simple and quick recipes for all the food lovers. Let�s say, we will keep three things in mind while posting recipes � Easy to cook, for lazy people like ourselves and hella tasty! Let us begin with a simple and staple food for all of us Indian. The humble daal!

For our First post, we have teamed up with 24 Mantra Organics, to bring you the tastiest and easiest Moong Daal recipe! Using the organically, ethically grown produce from 24 Mantra we wanted to ensure that the recipe is not only tasty but healthy too! Expect a lot of healthy recipes in the coming days, because we are going through a big lifestyle change. But without any further ado, let�s dive in to the recipe.

Easy Pressure Cooker Moong Daal Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 cup 24 Mantra Moong Daal,

2 green chilies {slit},

2 small onions {roughly chopped},

1 small tomato {roughly chopped},

4-5 cloves of garlic {finely chopped},

� Tbsp Coriander powder,  

� Tbsp turmeric powder,  

� Tbsp Chili powder,  

� Tbsp garam masala powder,

1 bay leaf,

� tsp cumin seeds,

1 dried red chili,

1 tsp mustard oil,

Salt to taste

Method:

Wash and soak the Moong dal, and toast it in dry pressure cooker. Toasting is optional, but it does bring out a nice nutty flavor.

Heat up the oil in the pressure cooker, put all the dry spices {Bay leaf, cumin seeds, red chili} when the oil is hot. Fry for 40 seconds.

Put in the onion, garlic and green chilies in and fry for 2-3 minutes, till the onions are a little brown.

Add the tomato, fry for another minute, till the tomato is soft.

Add all the powder spices {Coriander, Turmeric, Chili, Garam masala} and the salt to taste. Fry this for 2-3 minutes.

Add the soaked moong daal and mix it well with the fried spices.

Fry for a minute, add 2 cups of water and give it a good mix.

Put the flame on low and let this be for 3 whistles of the pressure cooker.

Let the steam go off and you have your super simple daal ready!



Serve this daal with rice or hot phulkas and enjoy a simple and healthy meal! Do let us know if you try this recipe out , we would love to hear your feedback.

We'll be back soon with more grub.

Till then -- Keep reading our posts & bon apetit!