Moong Dal Dubka Recipe

Name: Moong Dal Dubka Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: North Indian Recipes
Ingredients: 1 cup Yellow Moong Dal (Split) soaked for an hour; 2 null Tomatoes; 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi); 2 tablespoons Mustard oil; null Salt Salt to taste; 1 null Onion roughly chopped; 1 inch Ginger; 4 cloves Garlic; 3 null Dry Red Chillies; 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera); 2 tablespoons Coriander (Dhania) Seeds; 1 teaspoon Whole Black Peppercorns

Nithya Anantham

November 25, 2016

1486 Ratings

Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 15 M|Total: 25 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Side Dish

Cuisine:North Indian Recipes

Moong Dal Dubka Recipe is a very popular lentils recipe from the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. Kumaoni food is very simple yet very nutritious owing to the climatic conditions. Dubka is a hearty winter dish and usually had during the winters. It is a powerhouse of proteins and an easy recipe to dish out in no time. Serve the Moong Dal Dubka Recipe along with Steamed Rice and Kalonji Gobi Aloo recipe for a hearty winter lunch.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for the spice paste

1 cup Yellow Moong Dal (Split), soaked for an hour

2 Tomatoes

1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)

2 tablespoons Mustard oil

Salt, Salt to taste

1 Onion, roughly chopped

1 inch Ginger

4 cloves Garlic

3 Dry Red Chillies

1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)

2 tablespoons Coriander (Dhania) Seeds

1 teaspoon Whole Black Peppercorns

Instructions for Moong Dal Dubka Recipe

To begin making Moong Dal Dubka Recipe, wash and soak the moong dal for an hour, then grind it to a coarse paste using a mixer grinder and keep aside.

Make a fine paste of the ingredients mentioned in the spice paste table using a mixer and keep aside.

Smoke mustard oil in a wide pan on medium heat till it is seasoned well.

Add the ground spice paste into it and fry until the raw smell of the onion garlic goes away.

Add the tomato puree, turmeric powder, season with salt and saute until the tomato puree is cooked well.

Now, add the coarsely ground moong dal mix and enough water and let it simmer until the dal is cooked.

It keeps getting thicker, so adjust the amount of water to your desired consistency and season with required salt.

Switch off the flame and serve the Moong Dal Dubka Recipe along with Steamed Rice and Kalonji Gobi Aloo recipe for a hearty winter lunch.