Moong Dal Curry

Today I made green beans (moong dal) curry for lunch. This is called pachai payir in Tamilnadu. I love green beans since it is healthy and it has lots of proteins. This recipe I learnt from my mom. This recipe goes well with rice and chapathi.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup moong dal
• ½ onion chopped into small pieces
• 1 ripe tomato cut into small pieces
• 2 pods of garlic cut into small pieces
• 1tsp ginger
• 4 green chilies
• 4 curry leaves
• 1tsp cumin
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1tsp mustard
• 1tsp salt
  

Method:

Soak the moong dal overnight. Cook the moong dal with turmeric in a vessel or in a pressure cooker. For 1 cup moong dal, add two glasses of water. I cooked the moong dal in a pressure cooker. Wait for three whistles to come up in the cooker and release the weight and mash them lightly with a spoon.

In a pan, add 2 tsp of oil, mustard, cumin, curry leaves, green chilies, garlic and ginger and sauté them for a minute. Add onions and sauté them until it turns brown. Add the tomato pieces, sauté them until they become soft. Now add the cooked moong dal, salt and ¼ cup of water. Cook them covered for about 10-15 mins.

Serve with rice and pappad or chapathi