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Sunday, March 1, 2020

Beans moong dal usili

Ingredients

Moon dal.           -  1/2. Cup
Chopped beans   -  3 cups
Red chilies.         -  2
Asafietida            -  1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder-   1/8 tsp
Salt to taste

Tempering

Sesame oil.      - 3 tsp
Mustard seeds-   3/4 tsp

1.  Soak the moong dal for 1 hour.

2.  Wash and drain the moong dal.  Add it to a mixie jar along with turmeric powder, red chilies, asafietida powder, salt and grind it to a coarse paste by adding few teaspoons of water to it.

3.   Cook the beans adding little water and salt. Cover it with a lid. When the beans are well cooked and no water is found, switch off the flame

4.  In another pan add the oil.  When the oil is hot add mustard seeds. After the mustard seeds splutter add the ground paste. Keep the flame in medium and continuously stir it till it becomes like bread crumbs.  Now add the cooked beans sauté till everything is mixed well and switch off the flame.

5. Another variation is to steam the ground moong dal in idli plate for 15 minutes, cool it and pulse it in the mixer and then follow procedure 4.  This will require less oil.  


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