Moong Dal Methi Ki Sabzi Recipe
Methi Moong Dal Sabzi is a lip-smacking dry preparation of fresh fenugreek and split green gram tossed with spices. Since this is a dry preparation, it can easily be carried in a lunch box for a school or an office. If you wish to make this preparation as no onion-no garlic recipe, skip the onions and follow the rest and you have an amazingly delicious light healthy meal ready to be served.
Serve Methi Moong Dal Sabzi with phulkas, jeera rice and Rajasthani dal for a delicious meal.
If you like this recipe, you can also try Methi Turai Ki Sabzi and Aloo Methi ki sabzi.
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4 Servings
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Green Moong Dal (Split) , soaked for 3 hours
- 2 cups Methi Leaves (Fenugreek Leaves) , finely chopped
- 2 Tomatoes , finely sliced
- 1 Onion , finely sliced
- 4 Green Chillies , slit
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- 1 teaspoon Ginger , grated
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
- 3/4 teaspoon Coriander Powder (Dhania)
- 1/2 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
- Asafoetida (hing) , A pinch
- 2 tablespoon Cooking oil
- 1/2 cup Water
How to make Moong Dal Methi Ki Sabzi Recipe
To begin with Moong Dal Methi Ki Sabzi, heat oil in a kadhai and add cumin seeds and allow it to crackle.
Add green chillies and hing and let it cook for a few seconds.
After a few seconds, add onion and fry until it becomes soft and pinkish.
Add ginger, sliced tomato and cook on high flame for 2 minutes or until the tomatoes get soft.
Add soaked and drained moong dal, turmeric, coriander powder and sauté well for a minute.
Add half cup of water and salt and mix everything properly.
Cover and cook the dal for 7 to 8 minutes or until the dal is cooked well and the water is dried up (Do not overcook or it will get mushy).
Add methi and sauté on high heat for 2 to 3 minutes (Do not cover and cook). After 2 to 3 minutes, it is ready to be served.
Serve Methi Moong Dal Sabzi with phulkas, jeera rice and Rajasthani dal for a delicious meal.
Farrukh Aziz Ansari
Farrukh is microbiologist by qualification, a Naturopath and homemaker by choice. She is a Recipe Developer, Food Stylist and self-taught Food Photographer and blogs at "Cubes N Juliennes". The journey of food blogging so far has been passionate to the core of it. She puts her best effort in not only creating recipes but also capturing them in drool worthy shots which mesmerize you to drop your jaws. That quite justifies her belief in the axiom “You eat with your eyes first”. She keeps herself busy in cooking, styling, clicking and processing all day long. Farrukh’s blog “Cubes N Juliennes” has been awarded the prestigious award of “Best Recipe Blog” by the Food Blogger Association of India in 2013 and then a runner up award in 2014.
