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    Home » Recipes » Accompaniments

    Methi dal recipe | Methi dal with moong dal

    May 29, 2014 by Raks Anand 19 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Methi dal is a Methi dal is a healthy and flavorful dish thats an accompaniment for a rice. With fresh or frozen fenugreek leaves and lentils, it turns out delicious.

    methi dal recipe
    methi dal
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    I got a bunch of methi leaves in Mustafa last week when I went for monthly grocery purchase.

    With only 2 weeks to go to Chennai, when I was picking all the veggies, Vj reminded me there is only 2 weeks and as Aj too planned to travel alone prior to us, he told to buy accordingly.

    But since its 2 weeks, I had to buy as the vegetables as usual. I saw the methi leaves fresh and so bought and kept.

    I usually clean and freeze the leaves and use it for making methi thepla. Just love it a lot.

    Other than that, I rarely make aloo methi. Otherwise, I do not use methi in anything else.

    My MIL makes kootu with this as we call it vendhaya keerai kootu. But I have not tried that.

    I tried making methi pulao, which I will schedule next month before going to Chennai.

    I had half the methi leaves remaining, so I tried making this methi dal. It was really falvorful, I love all kind of dals, so loved this as well. It goes well with both rice and roti.

    methi dal
    methi dal

    Instructions

    1. Pressure cook dal with enough water for 3 whistles. Chop onion and tomatoes finely, slit the green chillies. Clean the leaves and keep it ready.
    2. Heat a kadai with ghee and add cumin seeds in low flame. Add onion and fry till transparent. Add green chilli (I didnt add), ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute in medium flame.
    temper

    3. Add tomatoes, salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, garam masala powder and fry until tomatoes turn soft.

    onion tomato

    4. Add washed methi leaves and fry till its reduced in volume.

    3-add-methi

    5. After that, add cooked dal, enough water (I added 1 & ¾ cups) and let it boil for 2 minutes.

    4-add-dal

    6. Let it be in low flame for 5 minutes or until the desired consistency reaches also the methi leaves gets cooked.

    5-boil

    Serve with hot steamed rice or soft phulkas!  Check out the and dal fry recipe too.

    methi dal
    methi dal

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    Methi dal recipe

    Methi dal is a healthy and flavorful dish thats an accompaniment for a rice. With fresh or frozen fenugreek leaves and lentils, it turns out delicious.
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Servings 3 people
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup Moong dal
    • ¾ cup Methi leaves fenugreek leaves
    • 1 Onion
    • 2 Tomato
    • 2 Green chilli
    • ½ teaspoon Garam masala powder
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
    • 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
    • 1 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
    • Salt

    To temper

    • 1 tablespoon Ghee
    • 2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
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    Instructions

    • Pressure cook dal with enough water for 3 whistles.
    • Chop onion and tomatoes finely, slit the green chillies. Clean the leaves and keep it ready.
    • Heat a kadai with ghee and add cumin seeds in low flame.
    • Add onion and fry till transparent.
    • After that, add green chilli (I didnt add), ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute in medium flame.
    • Add tomatoes, salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, garam masala powder and fry until tomatoes turn soft.
    • Then add washed methi leaves and fry till its reduced in volume.
    • Add cooked dal, enough water (I added 1 & ¾ cups) and let it boil for 2 minutes.
    • Let it be in low flame for 5 minutes or until the desired consistency reaches also the methi leaves gets cooked.

    Notes

    • Chopping the methi leaves or adding as such is your choice.
    • You can add either finely chopped ginger or garlic alone instead of ginger garlic paste.
    • If adding ginger, adding asafoetida will enhance the taste.
    • Add enough tomatoes for tanginess to suppress the bitterness of the methi leaves.
    • You can add ½ teaspoon of Amchoor powder if you are short of tomatoes.
    • If the tanginess and spice level is not balanced then it may taste bitter.
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. AparnaRajeshkumar

      May 29, 2014 at 8:46 am

      I loved the top angle shot much , i tried the same with toor dal (but its no onion and garlic version ) welcome to chennai

      Reply
    2. jeyashri suresh

      May 29, 2014 at 8:57 am

      I love dal and methi combo. Gorgeous click. This reminds me that I have a pack of methi leaves lying in my fridge.

      Reply
    3. Kurinji

      May 29, 2014 at 9:36 am

      Dal and clicks looks superb....welcome to chennai Raks!

      Reply
    4. Hari Chandana P

      May 29, 2014 at 9:57 am

      Lovely and flavorful dal 🙂

      Reply
    5. Kuttu

      May 29, 2014 at 12:04 pm

      Hi Raks! Wonderful recipe! Did you add some ghee at the end? I can see some ghee floating atop the dal in the last pic...

      Reply
    6. Anonymous

      May 29, 2014 at 12:14 pm

      Dal and methi healthy combo.. Pics r tempting

      Reply
    7. Veena Theagarajan

      May 29, 2014 at 12:55 pm

      very comforting and healthy dish..

      Reply
    8. Gayathri NG

      May 29, 2014 at 1:45 pm

      Delicious dal...

      Reply
    9. Chandra

      May 29, 2014 at 4:39 pm

      Delicious stuff.
      Good for even a diabetic.
      Will you please consider adding this key word to your tags?
      Thank you.

      Peace 🙂

      Reply
    10. M D

      May 29, 2014 at 4:55 pm

      That looks delicious! Yum!

      Reply
    11. Hamaree Rasoi

      May 30, 2014 at 4:17 am

      Delicious and comforting to look at Methi dal. Wonderfully prepared.
      Deepa

      Reply
    12. The Gastronomic Bong

      June 01, 2014 at 11:50 am

      Hi Raks,
      Made this dal today. . It turned put superb... loved it.. 🙂
      Cheers
      Arpita

      Reply
    13. SHARMILEE J

      June 10, 2014 at 1:20 am

      Comforting and healthy dal recipe!

      Reply
    14. sadhiq ha

      June 17, 2014 at 6:46 am

      Tasty...

      Reply
    15. sadhiq ha

      June 17, 2014 at 6:52 am

      Tasty...

      Reply
    16. Meeeeee

      December 16, 2014 at 8:16 am

      Tried this recipe.... turned out great.. 🙂

      Reply
    17. Shobana Ranganathan

      January 21, 2016 at 9:01 am

      Love all of rak's recepies

      Reply
    18. Steph

      May 08, 2020 at 7:49 am

      Hello Raks! I love your recipes. I live in Canada so it is difficult to find fresh Methi. Do you think it would be possible to substitute with dry methi? If so, should I adjust the quantity?

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        May 08, 2020 at 10:21 am

        Soak 2 tbsp kasuri methi in hot water for a while and use it in the recipe.

        Reply

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