Dhaba Style Green Moong Dal Tadka Recipe

Dhaba Style Green Moong Dal Tadka Recipe is a lip smacking dal recipe that is made dhaba style with whole green moong dal. The ghee tadka, gives great flavour to the dal and tastes great when served with phulkas for a simple meal. Just with a side of salad and raita and some pickle makes a great meal.

Archana Doshi
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The Green Moong Dal Tadka Recipe is delicious and easy to make, and is very nutritious too. 

Moong Dal here is soaked and pressure cooked along with tomatoes, green chillies and ginger and topped off with a tadka that adds  great flavour to the dish. 

The tadka that contains ghee, cumin, and red chillies that instantly lift up the dish. 

Serve Green Moong Dal Tadka along with Phulkas, Boondi Raita and Kachumber Salad Recipe With Cucumber, Onion & Tomatoes for a complete weekday meal.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Dal recipes such as

  1. Gujarati Dal Recipe
  2. Amritsari Dal Recipe
  3. Dal Palak Recipe

Course: Lunch
Diet: High Protein Vegetarian
Prep in

10 M

Cooks in

40 M

Total in

50 M

Makes:

3 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Green Moong Dal (Whole)
  • 1 inch Ginger , chopped
  • 1 Tomato , chopped
  • 1 Green Chilli , slit
  • 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
  • Salt , to taste
  • 1 teaspoon Garam masala powder
  • 4 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves , chopped
  • 2 teaspoon Lemon juice , freshly squeezed
  • Inrgedients for seasoning
  • 1 tablespoon Ghee
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
  • 2 Dry Red Chillies

How to make Dhaba Style Green Moong Dal Tadka Recipe

  1. To begin, the Dhaba Style Green Moong Dal Tadka Recipe, soak the green moong dal in 3 cups of water for at least for an hour.

  2. Into the pressure cooker, add in the ghee. 

  3. Once the ghee is hot; add the ginger, tomatoes and green chillies and saute for a few seconds.

  4. After a few seconds, add the soaked green moong dal, salt, turmeric powder, garam masala and water. Cover the pressure cooker with its weight on.

  5. Cook the dal in the pressure cooker, until you here 3 to 4 whistles. Simmer the heat to low and continue to cook for another 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, turn off the heat and allow the pressure to release naturally.

  6. Open the pressure cooker and stir in the chopped coriander leaves and the juice from one lemon.

To make the Tadka for the Dhaba Style Green Moong Dal Tadka 
  1. Heat the ghee in a small kadai, add in the cumin seeds and add the red chillies and allow it to crackle. Once its crackles and the red chilli is well roasted, turn off the heat.

  2. Add this tadka to the cooked green moong dal. Give it a good stir.

  3. Check the salt and spice levels and adjust to suit your taste and serve the dal hot.

  4. Serve Green Moong Dal Tadka along with Phulkas, Boondi Raita and Kachumber Salad Recipe With Cucumber, Onion & Tomatoes for a complete weekday meal.