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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Simple Moong Dal | Pasiparuppu Soup!

Moong Dal/Pasiparuppu Soup is a very comforting and light on stomach. This was prepared for my father in law who was having stomach ulcer and was on non-spicy food. He liked it and so am sharing.

Ingredients
Moong Dal/Pasiparuppu - 1/2 cup

Seasoning
Ghee - 1/4 tspn
Mustard - a pinch
Hing/Asafotida - a pinch
Coriander/Cilantro - 1 tspn
Turmeric - a pinch
Salt
Green Chilli - Optional

Preparation Method
Wash, rinse and cook dal in pressure cooker with water for 4 whistles.
Once the pressure is gone, remove excess water and mash the dal with whisk fully. If it is not getting mashed, allow it to cool and grind in mixie.
In a kadai, season with ghee, mustard, hing.
Add the mashed or grounded dal mix and stir well. At this time you can add the excess dal water. It should not be too thick or too watery.
Add salt and stir. Allow it to boil.
Garnish with coriander leaves.

Simple Moong Dal/Pasiparuppu Soup is ready to serve.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Beans Paruppu Usli!

Beans Paruppu Usli is very healthy and nice sidedish combi for sambar rice, vatha kolambu and Mor kolambu. It is popular in Tamilnadu.

Ingredients
Beans/French beans - 1/2 kg
Kadalai Paruppu/Channa Dal - 1 cup
Tavaram Paruppu/Toor dal - 1/2 cup
Dry Red Chilli - 2nos(Adjust as per your spice taste)
Curry leaves - few
Oil - 1/2 cup
Mustard -  1/2 tspn
Jeera - a pinch
Asafotida/hing - a pinch
Turmeric - 1/4 tspn
Salt
Coconut oil - 1 tspn(optional)

Preparation Method
Wash and soak the dals in water for 2 hours. 
Cut the ends and chop beans into small pieces. Pressure cook with little water, salt and turmeric for 2 whistles.
Grind the dals with chilli to a coarse paste in a mixie or blender.
Heat a kadai, add oil, mustard wait till it pops, then add jeera, hing, curry leaves. saute for a min.
Add the grounded dal mix and cook well until it changes the colour. If required add little oil.
Add the steamed beans without water and mix well. Adjust salt..
Let it cook for few mins. Off the stove. Add 1 tspn coconut oil and mix for flavour.





































Beans Paruppu Usli is ready to serve. Enjoy this with sambar rice, rasam rice, vatha kolambu, curd rice and Mor kolambu. I like to mix it with hot steamed rice. You can also eat hot as it is for tea time.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Kaduli Keerai/Sawi Dal

Hope you had great Christmas:) Hearing for the first time, I brought this greens by mistake thinking its Spinach/Palak. After trying this it was slightly bitter. Landed up making Dal and Mixed Rice.


Posting Dal recipe for the Only Greens Event here guest hosted by me and started by Pari. Actually wanted to post for Jagruti's CMT but deadline is over-(



Ingredients
Kaduli Keerai/Sawi - 1/2 bunch
Toor Dal - 1 cup
Onion - 2 nos
Tomato - 1no
Sambar powder - 1 tspn(As per your taste)
Coriander leaves - 2 tspns
Oil  -1 tspn
Mustard - 1/2 tspn
Jeera - 1/2 tspn
Green chilli -1no
Salt.

Preparation Method
Wash, remove stem and chop the greens into small pieces.
Pressure cook toor dal with water upto 3-4 whistles. 
Heat a kadai/wok, add oil, add mustard and wait till it splutters. Add jeera and wait to crackle. Slit a green chilli and add. Saute for a minute. Keep in low flame.
Add onions and a pinch of salt. Saute till transparant.
Add tomatoes and cook till its soft.
Add the greens and saute till raw smell goes.
Add cooked dal and salt. Mix well.
Add 1 tspn sambar powder and mix.
Add little water if required. Let it boil well.


Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.


Serve hot with Chapathis/Phulkas/Roti.


Dont forget to send in your entries to Sugarless Sweets Event here.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Dal Fry !

Dal Fry is a tasty gravy. I have prepared with Paytham Paruppu also called Paasi Paruppu(Moong Dal). Wanted to do with toor dal which is usually done just for a change tried with this.
Ingredients
Paytham Paruppu/split green gram/yellow dal - 2 cups
Onion - 2 nos (sliced)
Green chilli - 2 nos (slit)
Mustard - 1/2 tspn
Jeera (Cumin seeds) - 1/2 tspn
Chopped Kothamalli (Coriander/Cilantro - 2 tspns
Cooking oil  +ghee - 2 tblspns
Salt


Preparation Method

Soak paytham paruppu for 1/2 hour in hot water and then cook in pressure cooker with enough water for 3-4 whistles or on stove with water. Keep it in medium flame as it will overflow and stir occasionally.

Heat a Kadai, add 2 tspns oil add 1/2 quantity sliced onion and fry till brown.Take and keep it separately in plate.

In the same pan/kadai add ghee and oil and mustard. Wait till its splutters. then add balance chopped onion,green chilli and pinch of salt. Fry for 2 minutes. Then add tomato and saute till its soft. now take cooked dal mash it well . Add cooked dal and stir well. Add salt and stir well. can add if water required.

In a sauce pan put jeera and roast for 2 minutes and add to the gravy.

You can also tadka at end or at beginning 
Tadka - add little oil in sauce pan, add jeera and fry till onion till brown and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.



Dal Fry is ready. This is a very good combination with Jeera rice which I made for weekend lunch today.

Tips - While cooking any dal do not add salt, if you add salt dal will not cook. Always add salt finally.
Dal should be watery semi liquid, once its cool it becomes thick.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

MIXED DAL

This is a gravy and side dish cooked with Bengal gram, Moong dal and Tor dal (Lentils)

INGREDIENTS
Bengal gram - 1/2 cup

Moong dal and Toor dal - 1 1/2 cups(Mixed)
Onion - 2 nos
Tomato - 2 nos
Red chilli powder - 2 tspns
Oil- 2 tsps
Mustard - 1 tspn
Cumin(jeera) - 1 tspn

Coriander leaves (cilantro) - 2 tspns
Green chillies - 2nos (optional)
Salt
PREPARATION METHOD
Wash and cook dal together in cooker.
Chop onion and tomato to medium size.
Heat a kadai, add oil, mustard and jeera. Saute for few mins.
Add onion and saute until soft.
Add tomato and saute until it cooks.
Add salt.
Now add ready dal and mix well.
Add chilli powder.
Add little water if required.(Do not add more water as it should be semi-liquid)
Allow it to boil (check for salt and add if required)
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Also can squeeze a lemon(optional).


Dal is ready to serve.
Serve hot with chapathi or rice.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

DAL WITH CABBAGE

MOONG DHAL WITH CABBAGE


INGREDIENTS

MOONG DAL - 1 CUP
CABBAGE - 4 CUPS
TOMATO - 1 NO
GRATED COCONUT - 4 TSPNS
CURRY LEAVES - 1 TSPN
JEERA - 1 TSPN
HING - 1 PINCH
GREEN CHILLI - 2 NOS
CORIANDER LEAVES (CILANTRO)
SALT AS REQD

PREPARATION METHOD

SOAK DAL 1/2 AN HOUR BEFORE IN WATER
THEN COOK THE DAL IN MEDIUM FLAME AS IT BOILS
CUT THE CABBAGE INTO SMALL PIECES
WASH AND RINSE THOROUGHLY
ONCE THE DAL IS 80% COOKED THEN ADD CABBAGE AND CHOPPED TOMATO
AFTER ITS COOKED WELL NOW ADD GREEN CHILLIES, CURRY LEAVES AND GRATED COCONUT
ADD SALT
ALLOW IT TO BOIL KEEP STIRRING

NOW FOR SEASONING

OIL - 2 TSPN
MUSTARD - 1/2 TSPN
HING - 1 PINCH
JEERA - 1 TSPN


SEASON WITH THE ABOVE AND GARNISH WITH CHOPPED CORIANDER LEAVES(CILANTRO)
This can be made in pressure cooker for 2 to 3 whistles also.


SERVE HOT WITH CHAPATI.

MOONG DHAL HAS VERY COOLING EFFECT AND GOOD FOR HEALTH.

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