Among so many veriety of Daals this daal is most used and easy to digest and easy to cook.

You can buy Moong beans and, Moong Daal in any Indian and some grocery stores also.

This daal is split Moong beeans with the green shell removed. You can buy polished, unpolished or with the green shell. The recipe shown here is of Yellow unpolished daal.

I buy unpolished, even though the daal does not look as yellow, which is not processed.

Direction to wash:   Make sure to wash the daal: – Put the daal in a bowl and pour water to cover. Use both hands to rub and clean. Rinse and wash again. The water will be slightly cloudy as you wash. Wash about 3 times.

This Daal, as a grain is used in many dishes such as Khichari, Vada, Mixed Daal and more.

Most daals are cooked almost the same way but different regions of India will have different recipes.

You can start out  with this simple one and modify or alter to your taste. The ingredients seem like so many when you look at the recipe but most of them are in the Spice box- if you are using one. Spice Box is a main item in almost all kitchen in India.

All Daals cook better if soaked for any where from 10 Minutes to Over night. All daals need soaking

Moong Daal needs about 10 to 15 Minutes of soaking. The daal quantity will almost double once cooked.

All daals are mainly given Tadka -tempering-after cooked. This really brings the aroma and flavor.

If you are using the Instapot or the Pressure Cooker, please check the notes in the Instruction section

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Moong Daal- Soup

Author: TWD_CodingPro

Prep Time 15 mins Cook Time 15 mins Total Time 30 mins

Best Season: Suitable throughout the year

Ingredients

Servings

• 1 cup Yellow Moong Daal-wash as per the direction
• 3 cup Water- this is used for cooking
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Dhana-Jeera ground-some recipes do not use this but I t
• 0.25 tsp Turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp Grated frozen coconut-thawed**
• 2 tbsp Chopped cilantro
• 1 tsp or more of ginger chili paste
• 3 cup or more of water to water to wahs Daal- no need to measure this is for information only
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 0.5 tsp each of Black mustard, whole Cumin seeds and chili powder (To use for Tadka)
• 4 leaves of Curry leaves-optional
• 1 tsp lemon juice (personal taste)