Dhuli Moong Daal(Skinless Green Gram Lentil)

     

 Dhuli Moong Daal(Skinless Green Gram Lentil)

Generally people do not like Moong ki daal , they  consider it as patient food. But this recipe of skin less green gram  is  going to change your opinion. I still  relish that delicious taste of Dhuli  moong ki khushk(dry)  daal  which  my  mother used to  cook  for  us in daily meals. We  loved to enjoy  this   simple and  yummy daal  with roti and  raw onion.

Meal-Egg Plant-Potatoes(Baigan Aaloo)

       Baigan-Aaloo (Egg Plant-Potatoes)
                                                       

 

Egg Plant -Potatoes(Baigan-Aaloo) is a dish which is  one of my favourite. I love to have it with  plain rice & mango pickle which tastes awesome.

Baigan -Aaloo(eggplant with potatoes)

 It's only  my brother  Ali ,who never liked this dish and made faces when ever asked to eat Baigan- Aaloo, but the day he tasted this  recipe he  started  liking it . Now he  eats baigan -Aaloo happily.....

here are the ingredients of delicious egg plant-potatoes ( Baigan -Aaloo).

 Category-  vegetarian
 Time- 15- 20 min.
 people- 3-4


Ingredients

      

• Egg plant(Baigan)-1/2 k.g

• Potatoes(Aaloo) 2 medium size
• Green chili(chopped)-4
• Riped tomato(chopped)-2 medium size
• Onion(chopped)-3 medium size
• Garlic (chopped) -5 cloves
• Fenugreek seeds (Methi daana) 10-12
• Red chili powder-1/4 tea spoon
• Turmeric powder-1/2 tea spoon
• Coriander powder-1/2 tea spoon
• Salt.-1/2 tea spoon (as per your taste)
• Ginger-1/4 tea spoon (Chopped)
• Coriander leaves (Chopped)

 How to do

Wash Brinjal- Potatoes, peel it off
 and  cut into small pieces.

Heat the mustard oil/ refined oil in the  pan or pressure cooker. Fry chopped onion until it turns light pink, add  methi dana , stir a little. now turn the flame low and mix other spices like turmeric, red chili, and coriander powder  and  stir quickly, add chopped tomatoes, green chili, garlic, ginger....mix it well  and  add  1/2 cup of water .let the gravy cook till the water dry.when the oil started coming  on the gravy... add potatoes-egg plant in gravy... mix it well ,add 2 table spoon of water... close the lid of pressure cooker  and  bring it to one whistle on the low flame.( if you are cooking in a vessel then you need to add 1-cup of water,  cook it till  vegetables turn  well cooked) .Let the lid open... settle the salt, parch it well until dish is done....  garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.

Tasty Baigan -Aaloo is  ready. Serve it with Roti & Plain Rice.

Baigan- Aaloo(eggplant with potatoes)

Have you ever tried  the combination of  Baigan -Aaloo, Plain Rice with pickle ?..... just try it once... its awesome !

Happy Cooking !!! 
Arshia Zaidi

Arhar daal -chawal

                     Arhar Daal-Chawal 
                             (Split pigeon lentil &Cumin Rice)

Arhar/Tuar daal

Arhar daal is most popular  daal among Indians. This is my favourite too. My mother used to cook this daal in a simplest  and  tastiest manner.Guest & Relatives used to demand her to cook this daal with zeera rice.


Here is the recipe  ....

Ingredients- 

• Arhar Daal/Tuar Daal -2 cup for two people.

• Water- 4 Cup
• Red chilli Powder-1/2 t.s
• Salt-  1/2 t.s or as per your taste

For condiment (bhagaar/chaunk/Tadka)

• Desi ghee/oil-2t.s or per your taste 
• Garlic (chopped)-2-4 clove
• Red Chilli Dry (broken)-2

Method
Wash  arhar daal well  and soak it  in water for 1/2 an hour.

Boiled Arhar/ Tuar Daal

Place  it  in pressure cooker  with 2 cup of water  and  salt on the medium heat. When the pressure cooker starts steaming, turn the heat down  and bring it to 2-3 whistle then turn off the gas stove When the lid open,check if  daal is well cooked , if it is done ,Add  red chilli powder  and  adjust the salt . 

 If  arhar daal looks too thick, mix enough water . stir it  well as there should be no lumps and Bring it to boil again 

For condiment (baghaar/chaunk/tadka)

Heat 1-2 table spoon Pure ghee/oil in a small pan,add broken Red chili, chopped garlic cloves,stir quickly with a small spoon till it turn little brown. Mix this  baghaar to cooked Arhar daal and cover it with a lid immediately.It will infuse the flavour to the daal.
    
Zeera - Rice

Ingredients-

rice

• Rice -3 cups(for two)
• Cumin seeds -1/4t.s(zeera)
• Re find oil- 1tea.spoon 
• Clove-3-4 
• Salt to taste-1/2t.s,or per your taste

Arhar/Tuar daal Method-  Put the pressure cooker on the low flame. Add cumin seed and clove in hot oil. After spluttering,add  well  washed rice,water (3 cups approx) and  salt in the  pressure cooker.Bring it to  3 whistle on the low flame.Turn off the heat and let the lid open  itself.

mango pickles

Enjoy the yummy taste of Arhar daal-Zeera chawal(Rice) with Mango /Chili pickle  and  mix salad.

Happy Cooking!!!

Arshia Zaidi