Moong dal tadka recipe - This is no onion no garlic dal recipe. You can also call this a jain dal recipe.
For making this dal basic ingredients are used and this can be ready very quickly. For the tempering or tadka, tomatoes and few spices are used.
Even though this dal is made without onion garlic, still you will not miss any flavor. Trust me and give it a try.
This one of the healthy dals that I make at home regularly.
My in-laws are Jain and I learned this recipe from my mother-in-law. She makes this dal once a week and now I do too.
For light meal, I make this moong dal recipe. While dal is pressure cooking, I put the rice on another stove to cook. So both gets ready at the same time and within 30 minutes I have meal ready. I also roast the papad and sometimes make kachumber salad to go on side.
Check out more dal recipes
Chilkewali moong dal // Moong dal palak // Methi dal // Tomato dal
How to make moong dal tadka recipe:
1) Wash moong dal under running cold water till water runs clear.
2) Take moong dal with 1 cup of water in pressure cooker. Close the lid, put the weight on and cook it for 2 whistles on medium heat. Let the pressure go down by itself, open the lid.
3) Add another 1 cup of water and salt. Mix well and mash the dal with back of the spoon little bit. Turn the heat back on medium and simmer for 2 minutes.
4) Meanwhile make tadka. Heat the oil in small pan on medium heat. Once hot add mustard seeds, let them pop. Then add cumin seeds, let them sizzle.
5) Add chopped tomatoes, cook for a minute.
6) Add turmeric powder and red chili powder. Mix well.
7) Add jaggery. Mix and let it melt.
8) Cook it for 1-2 minutes or till tomatoes get soften and oil starts to separate.
9) Add this tadka to the dal.
10) Mix it and turn off the stove. Lastly add lemon juice.
12) Finally add chopped cilantro and serve.
Serving suggestion: Serve this moong dal tadka with plain rice. Serve a roasted urad papad on side for some crunch. It can be served with roti or paratha along with your meal.
Moong dal tadka recipe
Ingredients
For pressure cooking the moong dal:
- ½ cup Yellow moong dal (split and skinless)
- 1 cup Water
- Salt to taste
For tadka (tempering):
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1 small or ½ cup Tomato chopped
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon Jaggery (Gur) or Brown sugar
- 1 cup Water
- ½ teaspoon Lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Cilantro or coriander leaves chopped finely
Instructions
Cooking moong dal:
- Wash moong dal under running cold water till water runs clear.
- Take moong dal with 1 cup of water in pressure cooker.
- Close the lid, put the weight on and cook it for 2 whistles on medium heat.
- Let the pressure go down by itself, open the lid.
- Add another 1 cup of water and salt. Mix well and mash the dal with back of the spoon little bit. Turn the heat back on medium and simmer for 2 minutes.
Making tadka:
- Heat the oil in small pan on medium heat.
- Once hot add mustard seeds, let them pop.
- Then add cumin seeds, let them sizzle.
- Add chopped tomatoes, cook for a minute.
- Add turmeric powder, red chili powder and jaggery. Mix.
- Cook it for 1-2 minutes or till tomatoes get soften and oil starts to separate.
- Add this tadka to the dal.
- Mix it and turn off the stove.
- add lemon juice
- Finally add chopped cilantro and serve.
This is lovely. I eat onions but am very lazy to chop. Blessing in disguise for me. Thanks
Great to hear that you liked this dal recipe
Thank you so much for publishing these recipes, especially the ones with no onions or garlic, as I take the 8 Mahayana (Buddhist) Precepts occasionally and need to avoid these substances, but am still interested in eating tasty food 🙂 I really enjoyed the dal, and it was easy to make. Just a few questions for you - is "red chili powder" the same thing as what we Americans call "cayenne chili"? Also, instead of jaggery, I used brown sugar. Do you think there's a big difference between the two? Again, thanks, I like your blog very much and look forward to trying some other recipes very soon.
Happy to hear that you like dal recipe.
Red chili powder and Cayenne chili has only once difference that the type of dried chili used is different for making both powders. But you can cayenne instead of red chili powder.
Instead of jaggey you can use brown sugar. There will not be very slight difference in taste. FYI, the flavor of melted jaggery syrup is same as molasses.
Thank you for the recipe.
I have a food allergy to onion and garlic (and all allium family). I is great to find recipes that are authentic and full of flavour, we will definitely be trying this.
Paul
Hope you like this recipe
I was searching for such a healthy daal. Looks tasty. Will try. Thanx
Please do let me know how you like it. Thanks.
Lovely recipe! Tastes wonderful and gets prepared in a short time with simple ingredients. Loved it!
Indeed very quick to make. Very happy to hear that you liked.