Receta Methi Dal Recipe | Menthi Koora Pappu
Methi Dal Recipe
Prep time: 10 mins | Cook time: 15 mins | Serves: 4
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Side Dish
Ingredients:
- Methi Leaves – 1 bunch
- Yellow Moong dal – 1/4 cup
- Onion – 1
- Tomato – 1
- Garlic pods – 3
- Green chilies – 2
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Urad dal – 1 tsp
- Whole dry red chilies – 2
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – 1 tsp
Instructions:
Trim the roots of the methi leaves bunch and immerse it in a big bowl of water. All the dirt will settle at the bottom of the bowl. Wash the leaves well and chop it roughly.
Chop the onion, tomato and slit the green chilies.
Take a pressure cooker and add yellow moong dal, methi leaves, onion, tomato, garlic pods, green chilies, turmeric powder, 1/4 cup water and mix well.
Pressure cook for 2 whistles and take off fire. Wait for the pressure to release.
Meanwhile, heat a pan with oil. Add mustard seeds and let it splutter. Add urad dal, whole dry red chilies and roast for a few seconds.
Transfer the seasoning to the pressure cooker, add salt and mix well. With a masher, mash everything together till the mixture becomes a pulp. I transferred everything to my “Keerai Chatti” and mashed it.
If you do not have a masher, transfer the contents to a blender and using the whipper button pulse a few times at regular intervals. Do not grind to a paste.
Transfer to a serving bowl and serve hot with steaming rice or a side dish to chapathis.