Dhall with Mixed sprouts

Long long ago, so long ago, I myself have no clue how long ago, I made this dhall.  It was lying there in the drafts for so long time. Finally I managed to write this today. I made this dhall when my husband was out of town. Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Moong dhall - 1/4 cup
2. Toor dhall - 1/4 cup
3. Channa dhall -  2 tsp
4. Mixed sprouts - 1/2 cup
5. turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
6. Sambar powder - 1 tsp (acc to taste)
7. Tomato -  1 (chopped)
8. Salt to taste
9. Asafoetida - a pinch
10. oil- 1 tsp
11. mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
12. Urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
13. red chillies - 2
14. Coriander leaves -  for garnishing.

Wash both moong, channa & toor dhall nicely. Take a pressure cooker, put the dhall, sprouts, chopped tomato, add required amount of water, add turmeric powder, sambar powder and let it cook for 2 whistles.  When the pressure is released, add required amount of salt and let it cook for another 3 minutes. Turn off the stove when u get the required consistency.  In a small pan, pre heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, fry urad dhall and red chillies to golden brown and pour it on top of the dhall. Add a pinch of asafoetida and garnish it with coriander leaves.  This goes well with hot steaming rice & ghee, rotis & pooris..

Drumstick dhall

This is something my MIL made couple of weeks back for lunch along with some sambar and curry. She made this as a side dish. I took the picture but didn't get time to write the post. I was just watching her when she made this dhall. It was super easy and was very delicious.

Ingredients:-

1. Drumstick - 2 or 3 (acc to required quantity)
2. Moong dhall - 1 1/2 cups
3. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
4. Black pepper powder - 1 to 1 1/2 tsp (acc to taste)
5. Cumin powder - 1 tsp
6. Salt to taste
7. oil - 1 tsp
8. mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
9. urad dhall - 1 tsp
10. red chillies - 2 (acc to taste)
11. Asafoetida powder - few pinches
12. Curry leaves - few

Cook drumstick and moong dhall separately on stove top adding turmeric powder in both. Do not cook the dhall in pressure cooker(which I do every time to save time). Once both drumstick and dhall is 3/4th cooked, mix it in a same pan and add salt, pepper and cumin (can also use the mixture of pepper and cumin powder) powder. Let everything mix together and cook for another 5 to 7 minutes. Add water according to the required consistency. Turn off the stove when the raw smell of pepper and cumin goes. In a separate pan, pre heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, fry uradh dhall, red chillies and asafoetida, to golden brown and pour it on top of the dhall. Garnish it with curry leaves. I had this along with rice in the morning and also as a side dish with roti in the evening.

 This dhall goes to CMT - Dhall/Kadi/sambar/rasam hosting by Priya, event by Jagruti.

Dhall

In my mom's family, my grandparents don't eat onions and garlic. Whenever they make roti or chapathi, my patti make this dhall for them and some other dish for others. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Moong Dhall - 1 cup
2. Toor dhall - 1 tbsp
3. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
4. Green chillies - 3 ( acc to taste)
   
5. Salt to taste
6. Tomato - 1 finely chopped

For seasoning:-

1. Oil - 1 tsp
2. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
3. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
4. Asafoetida powder - a pinch
5. Lemon juice - 2 tsp
6. Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp

First pressure cook the dhall, adding chopped tomato, turmeric powder and salt to it. Now take a pan, preheat the oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add cumin seeds, green chillies, asafoetida powder and fry it till golden brown. Now add the cooked dhall to it and add 1/4 cup of water if necessary, to it, and let it cook for 3 to 5 mts. Turn off the stove and let it cool. After 10 mts, pour the lemon juice on top of it and garnish it with coriander leaves. Now dhall is ready to serve with hot rotis.

We can avoid using lemon juice, if we add more tomatoes. Also, toor dhall can also be avoided. This is a side dish but can also be used with rice. We can also add onions to this.

This recipe goes to CMT-Dhal/Kadhi/sambar/rasam, hosting by Priya, an event by Jagruti.