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Pudina Dal Tadka | Mint Dal How to Make Pudina Dal with tips

Curries | vegetarian

  • Prep Time 1 Mins
  • Cook Time 20 Mins
  • Servings 5

Ingredients

  • For Dal:
  • 1 Cup Green Gram/Moong dal(pesrapappu)
  • 2.5 Cup Water
  • For Seasoning
  • 2 tbsp Ghee
  • 1 tbsp Mustard Seeds(Aavalu/ Rai)
  • 1 tbsp Cumin(Zeera)
  • 1 tbsp Black Gram (Minappappu/ Urad)
  • 2 Pinches Asafotoedia (Heeng)
  • 2 Dry Chilli
  • 1/2 Cup Chopped Onions
  • Salt (As per taste)
  • 1 tbsp Chilli Powder
  • 50 gms Mint leaves(pudina)
  • 1.5-2 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • Water (For thinning out the Dal if necessary)

Instructions

  1. Roast the Moong Dal (Pesara Pappu) on low flame until a nice aroma starts to waft.
  2. Wash the roasted dal lightly. Boil the Dal in a vessel or the Pressure Cooker until soft.
  3. Heat the Ghee well and put in the seasoning ingredients Mustard seeds, Cumin, dry chillies, Asafoetida and Black Gram (Urad Dal). Fry till nicely brown.
  4. When the seasoning is golden brown, add the roughly chopped onion and fry only till the onions turn soft. Then the Pudina leaves are to be added and cooked till the leaves turn soft
  5. Add salt and Chilli Powder to the seasoning mixture.
  6. At this stage the boiled Dal should be mixed with seasoning with sufficient water to get a light consistency. Let the mixture cook on a medium flame till the Pudina and the seasoning flavours blend nicely with the Dal.
  7. Once the Dal is cooked well, take the vessel off from the flame and squeeze in the lemon juice. That is all!!!