Moth beans lentils or Moth dal bean(matki) is a kind of lentil. It can also be sprouted and that version of the moth is also delicious and healthy and it's easy to get an instant liking to it. I do sprout it once in a while and sautée it with onions, green chilies, and a little bit of spice and salt. The recipe here is of the regular moth dal.
Why you will love Moth dal?
- Moth beans lentils are loaded with nutrients like protein, potassium, iron, magnesium, and all the good stuff.
- It is a one-pot dish and simple to make, everything is sauteed in the pressure cooker and cooked until done.
- It tastes very delicious and goes well with rice or rotis.
Ingredients needed
- Moth dal or Matki (dew gram beans or Turkish beans).
- Onions - use red onions if available and chop them finely, save some raw onions for garnish.
- Green chilies - use chopped for the heat and spice.
- Spices like turmeric, red chili powder, coriander powder, and garam masala.
- Tomatoes are chopped into fine pieces.
- Ginger garlic paste.
- Cumin, asafoetida, and salt to taste.
- Chopped coriander and raw onions for garnish.
- Juice of 1 lemon.
How do you make the Moth bean lentils or Moth dal?
Soak the moth dal in water for about 5 to 6 hours or overnight. You can then pressure cook the moth dal. The recipe is very simple, just sautée all the ingredients in a pressure cooker, add the spices and salt, and pressure cook for about 3 to 4 whistles. The flavor of the moth that is infused in the gravy is awesome and it is impossible to resist a second helping! The details of the recipe are below.
If you loved the Moth Beans Lentils recipe, you might also love another variety of simple dal with pigeon peas split dal. Do check out Phiki dal and Dal Makhni.
Garnish the Moth bean dal with chopped onions and coriander leaves, and squeeze the juice of a lemon into the dish.
Moth Bean Lentils (Matki or Moth dal)
Equipment
- 1 Pressure cooker
Ingredients
alt to taste
- 2 cups moth beans soaked overnight
- ½ onion chopped
- ½ tomato diced
- 3-4 green chilies
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp Chilly powder Kashmiri
- 2 tsp Coriander powder
- ½ tsp garam masala
- ½ lemon squeezed
- 3-4 tsp oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 pinch asafoetida
- 1 tsp salt or to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker .
- Add cumin seeds and asafoetida to the heated oil.
- Add the diced onions , green chillies and sautée for about 5 mins
- Add ginger garlic paste and sautée again for couple more mins
- Next add tomatoes and sautée till the oil leaves the sides of the cooker
- Lastly add all the spices sautée again Aadd water and salt
- Pressure cook for about 3 whistles or till done
- Garnish with finely cut onions and coriander leaves.
- The dal is ready!Serve it with rice or chapatis (wheat bread)
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