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    Home » Recipes » Kuzhambu & Other gravies

    Green moong dal fry recipe | Mung bean curry

    November 10, 2007 by Raks Anand 33 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Green moong dal fry is an easy and best way to include the legume in your diet for lunch or dinner. It goes well with phulka, mild pulao and plain rice too.

    green moong dal fry
    Simple comforting bowl of green moong dal fry

    According to me, green moong dal fry is an under rated dish. I find it equally tasty as dal makhani, of course a lighter version of it.

    I can have this all day long with steamed rice or roti.

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    Mung bean curry

    Mung bean or whole green moong is packed with protein, anti oxidants and nutrients. Apart from it, can also help you in lowering cholestrol levels.

    Do you need more reasons to include this tasty and healthy legume in your diet?

    Comparatively, green moong is easy to cook than other legumes. It is also easily digestible. Just make sure to add ginger, garlic and asafoetida just like you add to other dals, to reduce the gastric effects.

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    Green moong dal fry | Mung bean curry recipe

    Green moong dal fry is an easy and best way to include the legume in your diet for lunch or dinner. It goes well with phulka, mild pulao and plain rice too.
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes
    Soak time 4 hours
    Servings 4
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ¾ cup Whole green gram Mung bean
    • 2 Green chilli
    • 1 Onion
    • 2 Tomato
    • 1 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
    • 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
    • ½ teaspoon Garam masala powder
    • 1 teaspoon Dhaniya powder
    • ½ teaspoon Kasuri methi
    • 1 tablespoon Ghee/ Oil
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
    • ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida
    • Salt
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    Instructions

    • Soak dal to approx 4-6 hours and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.
    • Chop onions and tomatoes finely.
    • Heat a heavy bottomed vessel with ghee/oil and splutter cumin seeds.
    • After that, add asafoetida, onions and fry for to min till translucent.
    • Then add ginger garlic paste and fry till fragrant.
    • Add chopped tomatoes along with slit green chilli, salt.
    • Fry till tomatoes turns mushy and add all the powders. Cook for a minute.
    • Then add cooked dal.
    • Add enough water (1 & ½ cups) and cook in low flame for 5-8 minutes, till it becomes a thick, homogenous.

    Notes

    • Boiling longer in mashed way gives creamier texture.
    • You can add a dash of cooking cream and butter before switching off the stove.
    • Lemon juice after switching off the stove gives a nice touch as well.
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    Stepwise photos

    1. Wash green moong firstly and soak atleast 4-6 hours.

    2. Once done, drain water, change it and and pressure cook for 4 whistles in medium flame.

    green moong
    Cooked green moong

    For ¾ cup mung bean, you can add 1 & ½ cups water for pressure cooking directly in a cooker.

    3. Chop onions and tomatoes finely.

    onion-tomato

    4. Heat a heavy bottomed vessel with ghee/oil and splutter cumin seeds.

    5. After spluttering, add asafoetida, onion and fry till translucent.

    Then add ginger garlic paste and cook until fragrant

    temper, saute onion

    6. Add chopped tomatoes along with slit green chilli, salt. fry till tomatoes turns mushy and add all the powders.

    mushy tomato, spice powders

    7. Fry for a minute. Then add cooked dal.

    add cooked green moong

    8. Add enough water (1 & ½ cups) and cook in low flame for 5-8 minutes, till it becomes a thick.

    simmer mung bean curry

    Top with butter or fresh cream and serve with any pulavs or Plain rice or roti /chapati

    green moong dal fry
    Green moong curry

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Latha Narasimhan

      November 10, 2007 at 8:51 am

      Delicious rajeshwari!:) It will be a great side dish for chapathis!:)

      Reply
    2. easycrafts

      November 10, 2007 at 9:24 am

      Lovely entry...thanks a lot

      Reply
    3. Happy cook

      November 10, 2007 at 11:25 am

      I lce it. My mom makes them and we used to eat with puttu

      Reply
    4. Lissie

      November 10, 2007 at 1:10 pm

      Raks, hope you had a bright and colorful Diwali!
      very nutritious curry! i make something similar to this which goes well with puttu.

      Reply
    5. Asha

      November 10, 2007 at 2:48 pm

      Of course it's valid! It's side dish too, looks yummy!:))

      Reply
    6. Rajitha

      November 10, 2007 at 3:42 pm

      yum...i love green gram 🙂

      Reply
    7. bindiya

      November 10, 2007 at 4:39 pm

      Rajeshwari, this looks good, so simple and delicious!

      Reply
    8. Seema

      November 10, 2007 at 5:14 pm

      Now that is a dish which is not only valid for the even but also healthy. I love this with curd rice. Hope you had a bright and colorful diwali.

      Reply
    9. Dhivya Karthik

      November 10, 2007 at 8:56 pm

      simple healthy and Yum! what a great combo 🙂

      Reply
    10. Namratha

      November 10, 2007 at 9:54 pm

      Simple and perfect Raks! 🙂

      Reply
    11. RAKS KITCHEN

      November 11, 2007 at 12:54 am

      Thank you everybody for your lovely comments...:))
      Ya I had a great time on Diwali day ...!!!

      Reply
    12. A kitchen scientist & a white rat hubby!!!

      November 11, 2007 at 7:06 am

      as happy cook said, yes we make a similar one to have for puttu

      Reply
    13. Saju

      November 11, 2007 at 7:26 am

      lovely looking dal dish, healthy too.

      Reply
    14. Saju

      November 11, 2007 at 7:26 am

      lovely looking dal dish, healthy too.

      Reply
    15. Cynthia

      November 12, 2007 at 3:11 am

      I love any dal dish 🙂

      Reply
    16. Seena

      November 12, 2007 at 4:27 am

      Good one Raj, love it! Good with puttu..

      Reply
    17. sagari

      November 12, 2007 at 7:13 am

      yummmmmmmm dall looks delecious

      Reply
    18. Menu Today

      November 12, 2007 at 10:55 am

      Hi Raks,
      Hope you had a nice diwali..
      Gram dal looks nice and I like to have this dal with jeera rice. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    19. UjjU

      November 12, 2007 at 12:01 pm

      thanks for stoppin by on my blog. Hope you'd a colorful deepavali. This dal dish is one of my favorites too.

      Reply
    20. RAKS KITCHEN

      November 12, 2007 at 12:03 pm

      Thankyou all for your compliments....:))

      Reply
    21. Bharathy

      November 12, 2007 at 4:13 pm

      Very homely sidedish..nutritious too...Nice to note you had a fine [email protected] frinds place..
      made suhiyans and posted...gave link to yours too..neenga than ppakkave illa ;(..

      Reply
    22. TBC

      November 13, 2007 at 2:59 pm

      GG dal looks good. I don't have enough recipes to cook with this dal. I will add this to my list now:-)

      Reply
    23. Vani

      November 15, 2007 at 2:11 pm

      Hey, thanks for stopping by my blog, Raks! I quickly checked your blog and everything looks so good! I love whole moong and this curry looks delicious. I have to try your gobi paratha. When Itry to stuff a roti, I always have problem. Will try your way with 2 rotis and stuffing in between. May work better for me

      Reply
    24. Kribha

      November 15, 2007 at 10:16 pm

      Nice entry for the event Raji. Looks delicious. Sorry for my late comment. Kavin became sick after diwali. The smoke from the fireworks triggered his asthma and we had a very tough week. Still going thru it. Hope he will be better soon.

      Reply
    25. RAKS KITCHEN

      November 16, 2007 at 12:45 am

      Bharathy,
      Thankyou for compliments and sorry pa..After seeing ur comment I saw ur post...sorry for missing..HEEHEEE...!!
      tbc,vani,
      thanyou for adding to your list tbc!!
      Welcome vani...and thankyou for ur lovely words...Do try this method and let me know...:)
      kribha,
      I can understand ur situation...no issues if u give ur comments late...I will always wait for your precious comments and your lovely words...:)take care of kavin first!

      Reply
    26. Rani

      August 24, 2012 at 8:01 pm

      I love this green dal because it is healthy. I temper with mustard seeds, curry leaves and hing. Then I add cooked dal. Then I add to it, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, pinch of garam masala, pinch of daniya masala and cook when it is cooked I garnish it with fresh grated coconut. If I need curry, separately I add butter milk (MOR)and cook for 2 minutes. Enjoy! have it with chapati or with rice.

      Reply
    27. Santhoshi Suvarna

      March 04, 2013 at 7:16 am

      HI, Raks...i tried the green gram dhal gravy....and it came out very well...i did this as a side dish with soya pulao!! it went really well with the rice!! thanks for the recipe!!

      Reply
    28. Swathi J

      January 03, 2014 at 5:44 am

      Tried this today.CAme out very well...Thanks for the delicoius receipe

      Reply
    29. Swathi J

      January 03, 2014 at 5:45 am

      Tried this today.....Came out very well. Thanks for the delicious receipe 🙂

      Reply
    30. Preethy

      December 11, 2015 at 11:15 am

      Hi Raks,Am big fan of You.Today i tried this for roti.Came out very well... Thank U 🙂 🙂

      Reply
    31. Unknown

      February 17, 2017 at 2:36 am

      I love this recipe. I didn't know what to do with the nutritious sabut mung, till I tried your recipe. My American husband also loves this one. He's very picky on dals. The only difference when I cook is that I boil the mung along with prepared masala.

      Please share if you have a recipe for split mung as well.

      Reply
    32. Raks anand

      February 17, 2017 at 2:41 am

      You can make dal fry or dal tadka with split moong (de husked though) or even moong dal kichdi. Everything under my recipe index. please refer. Also check my dal pakwan and dal baati for different styles of cooking dal.

      Reply
    33. Bhavani TR

      July 25, 2017 at 10:38 am

      I m referring ur site more than a year. Almost all the recipes I tried in your blog. Most of the things coming out very well. I m become known expert cook in our community. Thank u so muchhh

      Reply

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