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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
6. Add chopped tomatoes along with slit green chilli, salt. fry till tomatoes turns mushy and add all the powders.
7. Fry for a minute. Then add cooked dal.
8. Add enough water (1 & ½ cups) and cook in low flame for 5-8 minutes, till it becomes a thick.
Top with butter or fresh cream and serve with any pulavs or Plain rice or roti /chapati
Latha Narasimhan says
Delicious rajeshwari!:) It will be a great side dish for chapathis!:)
easycrafts says
Lovely entry...thanks a lot
Happy cook says
I lce it. My mom makes them and we used to eat with puttu
Lissie says
Raks, hope you had a bright and colorful Diwali!
very nutritious curry! i make something similar to this which goes well with puttu.
Asha says
Of course it's valid! It's side dish too, looks yummy!:))
Rajitha says
yum...i love green gram 🙂
bindiya says
Rajeshwari, this looks good, so simple and delicious!
Seema says
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.
Dhivya Karthik says
simple healthy and Yum! what a great combo 🙂
Namratha says
Simple and perfect Raks! 🙂
RAKS KITCHEN says
Thank you everybody for your lovely comments...:))
Ya I had a great time on Diwali day ...!!!
A kitchen scientist & a white rat hubby!!! says
as happy cook said, yes we make a similar one to have for puttu
Saju says
lovely looking dal dish, healthy too.
Saju says
lovely looking dal dish, healthy too.
Cynthia says
I love any dal dish 🙂
Seena says
Good one Raj, love it! Good with puttu..
sagari says
yummmmmmmm dall looks delecious
Menu Today says
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.
UjjU says
thanks for stoppin by on my blog. Hope you'd a colorful deepavali. This dal dish is one of my favorites too.
RAKS KITCHEN says
Thankyou all for your compliments....:))
Bharathy says
Very homely sidedish..nutritious too...Nice to note you had a fine diwali@ frinds place..
made suhiyans and posted...gave link to yours too..neenga than ppakkave illa ;(..
TBC says
GG dal looks good. I don't have enough recipes to cook with this dal. I will add this to my list now:-)
Vani says
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
Kribha says
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.
RAKS KITCHEN says
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!
Rani says
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.
Santhoshi Suvarna says
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!!
Swathi J says
Tried this today.CAme out very well...Thanks for the delicoius receipe
Swathi J says
Tried this today.....Came out very well. Thanks for the delicious receipe 🙂
Preethy says
Hi Raks,Am big fan of You.Today i tried this for roti.Came out very well... Thank U 🙂 🙂
Unknown says
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.
Raks anand says
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.
Bhavani TR says
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