Plain yellow dal or dal tadka is the most requested recipes in here and it forms an important part of Onam Sadya, forming the first course of the meal or sadya. I had posted the basic dal recipe with toor dal a while back. I also make this with yellow moong dal (splite green beans) when I run out of toor dal and it gives a very different tasting basic dal for your rice.
In Kerala, or atleast the parts that I am from, moong dal is usually preferred over toor dal. We make a curry with moong dal, any squash or cucumber we can get our hands on and also add coconut (but of course!). Oh wait, I actually have a recipe in here somewhere. Oh yes, here it is. Cherupayar Vellarikka Curry – yellow moong dal cooked with cucumber.
Yellow Moong Dal Tadka / Cherupayar Parippu CurryServes: 4What I Used:Yellow moong dal / split green bean / cherupayar – 1 cupGreen chillies – 2, splitTomato – 1, chopped (optional)Turmeric powder – 1 pinchSalt – to tasteFor tempering:Oil – 1 tbspMustard seeds – 1/2 tspJeera / jeerakam – 1 tspGinger – 1/2 tsp, gratedRed chillies – 2, torn into halvesCurry leaves – a fewHing / asafoetida / kaayam – a pinch (optional)How to make Moong Dal Tadka:1. Cook the dal in 4 cups water until soft or pressure cook for 3 whistles with turmeric, green chillies and tomato (if using). Let it cool.
Lovely click.Jes the click makes it all the more tempting.Wonderful dal!
i generally prefer yellow moong dal to toor dal..even in sambar i use yellow moong dal only.
SJ – yes we get very fresh greens here. the weather is identical to south india so everything that grows there, grows here too! i actually have a curry leaves plant (these stalks in the pic are from the market though) and i have sown some green chilly seeds and keeping fingers crossed. there is no sunlight in my apartment and no balcony. we are on the 6th floor, thats the huge downside.
Delicious dhal…I am jealous looking at ther curry leaves. It is hard to find good ones here.
wow!lovely dal tadka …try this soon ..hey My next post is also ..Dal ..do visit me 😀
Lovely cherupayar dal! My all time favourite!
I searched this post up and down 20 times for an accompanying rice dish..couldn't find it..Strange no?? So assuming that you are waiting for my famous secret LOTUS ROOT PECAN RICE dish to go with this yummy dal..
The curry leaf pic is awesome…we get a few dehydrated leaves in a ziploc bag here…so jealous of u now…
I prefer mung to toor, but I have grown to like the (not love) toor dal becoz of my hubby. I love the simple tarka dals…. ( I dry roast the mung on a tawa which brings out the strong flavor in it.. bong way:-))
Oh wow dal in any form is comforting….looks yum…
We use to call this as tiyya pappu I do no y that name ha ha. drooling over your pic. yummy entry.