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 - ½ tspJeera / jeerakam - 1 tspGinger - ½ 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.
SJ
Me:like dal, J: puke, Me:sigh.
Wow, those curry leaves look so fresh, we never get like that here...
Shama Nagarajan
quick and comfort dal
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Parita
Dal looks delicious..perfect comfort food for me with hot steaming rice 🙂
Lena Rashmin Raj
Nags...cherupayaru is my all time favorite..never made like this..surely i will try this.. 🙂
Pavithra
I too make this, our fav too. The pictures are lovely as usual. Really healthy comforting food.
Prathibha
Even i prefer Moong dal in my cooking more than toor dal...I love the simple Moong dal wid Tadka..Real comfort food...
RAKS KITCHEN
Even I made this yesterday in the same way:) I just love this with basmati rice :)Looks great!
Kalyani
wow the dal looks delicious .... nice pictures......
Nags
Yes, we usually don't make tadka with yellow moong dal either but I recently tried this when I was out of toor dal and it tasted really good 🙂