Moong Dal “I actually learned this in the kitchen of this lovely Indian woman!” 2 1/2 cups dried yellow split peas 2 1/2 cups water 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root 1 teaspoon diced jalapeno chile pepper 1/2 cup diced tomatoes 3 teaspoons lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric 2 teaspoons vegetable oil 1 teaspoon cumin seed 1/2 dried red chile pepper 1 pinch Asafoetida 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro Rinse split peas; soak in 2 1/2 cups water for 30 minutes. Heat split peas and water, with salt, until boiling. Reduce heat to medium and cook 15 to 20 minutes, until tender and thickened. Add more water, if necessary, to prevent drying out. To the cooked split peas add ginger, jalapeno pepper, tomato, lemon juice and turmeric. Heat oil in a small saucepan and add cumin seed and red chile pepper. When pepper is heated add Asafoetida and garlic. Stir mixture into split peas and add cilantro; mix well. Sabudana is mixed with either vermicelli or moong daal to make payasam(paays). Sabudana-vermicelli is a very popular combination compared to sabudana-moong daal combination. Both have exactly the same recipe. Ingredients: 1/2 cup moong daal or 1/2 cup vermicelli 1/2 cup sabudana 1 cup sugar 1 tea spn raisins(dry grapes) 1 cup cashews 1/4 tea spn cardamom powder 1 tea spn ghee 1 cup milk Method: Soak sabudana in water for about 30mins. Wash moong daal in water. Heat ghee and fry raisins and cashews for sometime. Add moong daal (or vermicelli) and fry till a nice aroma comes out. Now add milk, sabudana and cook till moong daal and sabudana are cooked well (You can cook them in water instead of milk, but milk gives a nice flavor). Add sugar and cook till sugar is diluted. Take out from heat and add cardamom powder. Mix well. Serve hot or cold....
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