Egg dal tadka.
Green mung beans or mung dal cooked with eggs and spices. A delicious thick dal goes well with roti, paratha, naan, puri, pulao, jeera rice or any bread.
You can serve it to guests in lunch or dinner.
First time tasted this dal in Kolkata. Loved the taste. I don’t know how they make it. But homemade is equally delicious. I am sharing two methods of this delicious dish.
You can also make it without eggs. Sharing both the recipes here.
I am sending this post to 110th #Foodiemonday bloghop theme is #lentils.
The mung dal is not only delicious but nutritious too.
Mung beans are a high source of nutrients including: manganese, potassium, magnesium, folate, copper, zinc and various B vitamins.
They are also a very filling food, high in protein, resistant starch and dietary fiber.
Because of their high nutrient density, mung beans are considered useful in defending against several chronic, age-related diseases, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity.
Make it with eggs or without eggs. Superbly delicious in both ways.
First recipe is with eggs and second is a quick recipe. You can make it in a jiffy.
Recipe
Green gram or whole mung lentil – 1/2 cup
Split Bengal gram or chana dal – 2 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Bay leaf – 1
Green cardamom – 2 – 3
Cinnamon – 1 inch stick
Clove – 3
Onion – 2 sliced
Garlic – 3-4 cloves
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Green chilli – 1 – 2
Tomato – 3 medium
Oil or ghee – 2 – 3 tablespoon
Egg – 2 – 3
Cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon
Kashmiri red chilli powder – 2 teaspoon
Garam masala powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Ghee or clarified butter – 1 tablespoon, optional
Kasuri methi or dried fenugreek leaves – 1/2 teaspoon, crushed
Chopped coriander leaves and hard boiled egg to garnish
Method
Soak green mung and chana dal in water for 1 – 2 hours.
Now boil the lentils in a pressure cooker. After 1 whistle cook on simmer for 15 – 20 minutes or until done.
Crush the cardamom, cloves and cinnamon in a mortal pastel.
Grind ginger, garlic and green chilli into a smooth paste.
Beat the eggs in a bowl with salt. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pan. Add the eggs. Stir quickly and make scramble. Keep aside.
Heat remaining oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and crushed cardamom, cloves, bay leaf and cinnamon. Let it splutter.
Add sliced onion. Fry till onion becomes brown.
Add tomato, ginger, garlic and green chilli paste.
Saute and add cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and red chilli powder. Mix well. Saute till oil levels the sides.
Add scramble eggs and mix well. Saute for 1 – 2 minutes more.
Now add the boiled lentils. Mix well. Add water as require to make a thick dal. You can add chicken or mutton stock or gravy instead of water to make it more tasty.
Let it boil. Cook on simmer for 10 – 15 minutes. Stir in-between.
Taste and adjust salt if require. Add ghee or clarified butter.
Crush the dried fenugreek leaves with your hand and add in the dal.
Remove from heat.
Garnish with chopped cilantro or coriander leaves and hard boiled eggs.
Serve hot with roti, paratha, naan, puri, pulao or any bread.
Second recipe
Green gram or whole moong lentil – 1/2 cup
Onion – 2 cubed
Ginger – 1 inch piece, grated
Garlic – 4-5 grated or crushed
Green chilli – 1 – 2 chopped
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Cardamom – 2 – 3
Cloves – 3
Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
Ghee or clarified butter 1 tablespoon
Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
Dry red chilli – 1 – 2
Kasuri methi – 1/2 teaspoon, crushed
Method
Boil the green mung lentil in pressure cooker with salt, turmeric powder, cubed onion, garlic, ginger, chopped green chilli and crushed cardamom, Cinnamon and cloves.
Heat oil or ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds. Let it splutter and add dry red chilli.
Add boiled lentils. Let the lentils boil. Add water as require. Cook on simmer for 10 – 15 minutes. Stir in-between. Taste and adjust the salt.
Add crushed dried fenugreek leaves. Mix well and remove from heat.
Add a dollop of ghee or butter.
Serve hot.
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