Moong Dal Halwa

Lentils:

• 1 cup Moong Dal
• a few kesar strands
• 2 tbsp warm milk
• 1/2 cup ghee
• 1 cup warm milk
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 tsp elaichi powder

For The Garnish:

• Soak the yellow moong dal in enough water for 3 hours. Drain well and blend in a mixer to a coarse paste without using any water. Keep aside.
• Dissolve the Kesar in 1 tablespoon of warm milk and keep aside.
• Take a non-stick kadhai and heat the ghee, add the moong dal paste and cook on a medium flame for 30 minutes, while stirring continuously.
• Add the milk and 1 cup of warm water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 8 to 9 minutes, while stirring continuously.
• Add the sugar, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 5 minutes, while stirring continuously.
• Add the Kesar-milk mixture, elaichi powder, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minute, while stirring continuously.
• Serve warm garnished with almond slivers.

Navratna Dosa

Lentils:

• 2 tbsp Whole Green Moong
• 2 tbsp Split Green Moong
• 2 tbsp Toor Dal
• 1/4 cup Urad Dal
• 2 tbsp Split Chana Dal
• 2 tbsp Masoor Dal
• 2 tbsp Rajma
• 2 tbsp Whole Wheat
• 2 tbsp Black Eyed Beans

Other Ingredients:

• Soak all lentiles, rice and fenugreek seeds in water for minimum 5 hours (preferably overnight)
• Now take all the soaked ingredients and blend them together. Keep this batter in a warm place to ferment.
• Add poha, red chillies and coconut together and grind it to make a fine paste.
• Once the batter is fermented, add the paste we prepared in the previous step and salt according to taste.
• Mix it well.
• Your healthy dosa batter is now ready! Prepare it and serve hot.

How to make paneer fritters? Paneer Fritters Recipe

• 150 gm finger cut cottage cheese
• 1 tsp garlic paste
• Salt to taste
• ½ tsp chat masala
• For batter-
• 2/3 tbsp Laxmi Toor Dal paste
• Salt to taste
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• 2 tbsp corn flour
• 2 tbsp coriander mint paste
• Chat masala as required
• For serving –
• Ketchup
• Green chutney

• In a bowl, marinate the cottage cheese in garlic paste, salt and chat masala.
• For the batter
• Take toor dal paste in a bowl. Add salt, baking soda, corn flour, coriander mint paste and mix well to prepare the batter.
• Dip the marinated cottage cheese in the batter and coat it well. Fry the fritters in oil at high flame till light brown. Remove to a serving plate, sprinkle chat masala and serve with dates–tamarind chutney and green chutney.

How to make toor methi ni mini idli? Toor Methi Ni Mini Idli Recipe

• 1 bowl soaked and crushed Laxmi Toor Dal
• ½ cup fresh fenugreek leaves
• 1 tbsp ginger, garlic and chili paste
• Salt as per taste
• 1 tsp rice flour
• A pinch of baking soda
• For serving –
• Sambhar
• Coconut chutney
• Dry red chatni powder (molgapadi) (Maharastrian Chatni)

• Take the crushed toor dal in a mixing bowl and add fresh fenugreek leaves to it.
• Next add ginger, garlic and chili paste.
• Now add salt and rice flour to the bowl. Lastly, add a pinch of soda,mix well and prepare the batter.
• Grease a mini idli stand with oil and pour the batter in it. Boil water in a steamer, place the idli stand in it and steam for 10 minutes.
• Remove the stand from the steamer and let it cool for 5 minutes. Unmold the idlis onto a serving plate. Serve with sambhar, coconut chutney and molgapadi.

How to make whole moong dal? Punjabi Style Whole Moong Dal Recipe

• ½ cup moong dal, soaked in water for an hour
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 medium tej patta
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• 1 medium onion chopped onion
• ½ cup finely chopped tomatoes
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder
• ¼ tsp red chili powder
• ½ tsp coriander powder
• ¼ tsp garam masala powder
• 2.5 cups water
• 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
• salt as required

• heat 2 tbsp oil in a cooker, add 1 medium tej patta, ½ tsp cumin seeds. saute till the cumin seeds start crackling.
• Now add the chopped onions and saute them till they get light golden and add 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste, chopped green chilies. stir and saute them properly.
• now add chopped tomatoes, ¼ tsp turmeric powder, ¼ tsp red chili powder, ½ tsp coriander powder and ¼ tsp garam masala powder stir and saute till the tomatoes soften, become pulpy and you see oil releasing from the sides.
• add 2 cups water and salt as per taste. stir very well. cover and pressure cook for 15 minutes on a medium flame till the beans are softened thoroughly. when the pressure settles down on its own, open the lid and check the beans.

• heat 1 tbsp oil in a small pan and add cumin seeds first.
• switch off the flame and then add a pinch of asafoetida and ¼ tsp red chili powder. stir.
• add this tempering to the green moong dal. stir well.
• add chopped coriander leaves.
• serve whole green moong dal with steamed rice or chapatis

Urad Dal Recipe

• 1 cup Urad dal
• 1 Cup urad dal
• 1/2 Tsp turmeric powder(haldi)
• 3 cups of water
• 1 length wise sliced onion
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 Tsp cumin seeds
• A pinch of Hing
• 2 Tsp red chilly powder
• 2 Tsp ghee or melted butter
• salt to taste

• Take a pressure cooker, add dal in it.Wash it frequently unless the water appears clear.Then take 4 cups of water and soak urad dal in it for around 15-20 minutes or for some more time.
• Rinse out the water and wash it after the dal is soaked.Then add 3 cups of water,some turmeric powder, 1 tsp of oil , salt as per taste and mix.
• Now close the lid and place a weight on the lid of the pressure cooker and cook it on medium heat.
• Roast the peanuts till they become crisp on low flame. Cool and then coarsely powder in a grinder.
• Add grinded peanuts, salt, finely chopped green chillies, coriander leaves and lemon juice. Mix the entire mixture well.
• After about 9-10 minutes the cooker will steam.Turn the heat and again cook for 3-5 minutes. You can now turn off the stove and wait for the steam until it goes down.
• You can prepare onion and cumin seed tadka while the dal is cooking.Keep it aside.
• Open the pressure cooker and check the dal.If it is thick add some water.It should not be overcooked.The dal should be soft but not pasty.
• Now add onion tadka to it,mix it well and cook it.
• After that add cumin seed tadka to it and cook for around 1 minute.
• The dal is ready now. Transfer it to a bowl and serve it.

Toor Dal Recipe

• 1 Cup of toor daal
• 1 Tomato chopped finely
• 1 Onion chopped finely
• 1 Tsp hing
• 1 Tsp coriander powder(dhania powder)
• 1 Tsp red chilly powder
• Some coriander leaves
• 1 Tsp meethi seeds
• 2 Cloves of garlic (minced)
• 2 Inch of ginger (minced)
• 1 Tsp meethi seeds
• 3 Tsp of lemon juice
• 1/2 Tsp turmeric powder (haldi powder)
• Salt to taste

• In a bowl take 1 cup of toor daal and soak it for around 30 minutes.
• Cook it for 15-20 minutes in a pressure cooker adding some salt and turmeric (haldi) powder.
• On the other side take a pan and saute chopped tomatoes,onions,some red chilly powder,hing,garlic, ginger and meethi seeds for 4-5 minutes.
• After 4-5 minutes add this mixture to the boiled daal then add a bit of lemon juice and you can garnish it with coriander leaves.

Moong Fada ni Masala Khichdi Recipe

• 1 cup broken wheat (dalia)
• 1/2 cup moong dal (split green gram)
• 1/2 cup green peas
• 2 small potatoes , cubed
• 2 small onions , cubed
• 2 small tomatoes , cubed
• 3 to 4 garlic cloves , crushed
• salt to taste
• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 cloves
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 4 to 5 whole dry kashmiri red chillies
• 4 to 5 peppercorns
• 1/4 tsp dried mango powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder

• Wash the broken wheat and moong dal with water.
• Heat the oil in a presure cooker and add the garlic and saute the garlic till it turns golden brown in colour.
• Add cloves, cinnamon stick, dry kashmiri chillies dry mango powder and turmeric powder and saute for 1 minute.
• Add the potatoes , onions, tomatoes , green peas ,broken wheat and moong dal, mix well and add the salt and 3 cups of water and mix well.
• Cook on high flame for 5 whistles.
• Once ot get cooked properly close the flame.
• Serve hot with curds or kadhi.

How to make moong dal halwa? Moong Dal Halwa Recipe

• 1 cup moong dal
• 9 to 10 tbsp ghee
• 4 cardamoms or ¼ to â…“ tsp cardamom powder
• 10-12 chopped unsalted pistachios
• 10-12 blanched almonds
• 1 tbsp golden raisins
• 1 cup fat milk
• 2 cups water
• 1 or 1.25 cups sugar

• Soak Moong Dal in enough water for overnight.
• In morning drain the dal and crush it to make a smooth paste with ¼ or â…“ cup water.
• Take a pan, add ghee to it and then add grounded paste of moong dal to it. Keep Stirring on low flame.
• Cook the halwa till you get the aroma of moong dal and it becomes lumpy. Break the lumps while stirring.
• In another pan take milk, water and sugar and heat on low-medium flame till all the sugar gets dissolved. Heat to boiling point
• Moong Dal mixture should be consistent enough before you add hot milk mixture to it. The fat should get separated and mixture should turn brown.
• Once the moong dal mixture is ready add hot milk mixture to it. Stir Continuously.
• After sometime you will see the ghee getting out.
• Now add cardamom powder,pistachios and almonds.
• Serve hot