Moong dal tadka is a simple and tasty dal. Payatham Paruppu dal can be prepared in one pot using Instant pot/pressure cooker quickly. Healthy Dal tastes great with rice, roti, paratha etc. This one pot dal is always a winner.
Dal is my comfort food. If I feel having something light, dal is the first choice that comes to my mind. It can be prepared easily and tastes yummy. Even Vishvak likes dal. He calls it Pappu mumum 😋
Amma prepares a no onion no garlic version dal. She adds only tomato but it still tastes delicious. The moment we smell the ghee aroma from the thalippu(tadka) I will start longing for the payatham Paruppu dal. Both jagadish and I like onion and garlic flavour, so I started adding those to my dal.
Initially I use to sauté them and add to my cooked dal. My friend once made dal tadka with toor dal. She cooked onion and tomato with dal. It didn't taste raw and I loved the flavors. One pot recipes can't go wrong, it saves lot of time. I am following her style these days. I use to make dal without vegetables, but as I started preparing dal frequently I add few carrots and potatoes to my dal these days. In that way Vishvak get to eat vegetables in his favorite meal.
Pressure cooker is my saver for everyday cooking. I have cooked couple of pressure cooker based recipes in TMF. I use to make dal in cooker but recent few months Instant pot is doing magic in my kitchen.
Cooking can be done in no time also only one vessel for the entire cooking so less cleaning. I am not promoting Instant pot this not a paid review but Instant pot makes my eveyday cooking super easy. I have updated Channa Masala and keerai pappu with Instant pot . Soon you can see lot of Instant pot recipes in my space 😊
Moong Dal Tadka |Payatham Paruppu Dal
Ingredients
- Moong dal - 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp
- Carrot - 1 medium (peeled and chopped into big chunks)
- Potato - 1 big (peeked and chopped into chunks
- Onion - 1 medium - roughly chopped
- Tomato - 1 medium - roughly chipped
- Ginger - 1/2 inch finely chopped
- Garlic - 2 roughly chopped
- Green chilli -1
- Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
- Green chilli - 1 slit
- Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp
- Coriander powder - 1 tsp
- Water - 1 cup + 3/4 cup
- Asofetida - generous pinch
To temper:
- Butter/ghee - 1 tbsp
- Mustard seeds - 1/8 tsp
- Cumin seed - 1/2 tsp
- Red chilli - 1
To garnish:
- Coriander leaves - few
Instructions
Pressure cooker:
- Add ghee to the cooker, once when the ghee is hot add the ingredients given under "to temper", let it splutter
- Add onion, tomato, green chilli, ginger and garlic, give a quick stir. Add carrot and potato, sauté once
- Add moong dal, chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Finally add water; mix well; cook for 3 whistles. Dal is ready serve hot with a dallop of ghee
Instant pot:
- Turn on the Instant pot in sauté mode. Add ghee and once when the ghee is hot add the ingredients given under "to temper", let it splutter
- Add onion, tomato, green chilli, ginger and garlic,give a quick stir. Add carrot and potato, sauté once
- Add moong dal, chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Finally add water; mix well
- Turn the Instant pot to manual mode and set 18 minutes - high temperature
- After the pressure realized naturally. Open the Instant pot Dal is ready serve hot with a dallop of ghee
Video
Notes
- In a pressure cooker/Instant pot, you can cook dal with zero ghee/butter/oil if the tadka part is skipped
- Sambar powder can be used instead of chilli powder
- Dal thickens over time adjust the water according to the consistency you desire
- Onion, tomato, garlic can be skipped for no onion no garlic version
Ingredients:
Moong dal - 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp
Carrot - 1, medium (peeled and chopped into big chunks)
Potato - 1, big (peeked and chopped into chunks
Onion - 1, medium - roughly chopped
Tomato - 1, medium - roughly chipped
Ginger - 1/2 inch, finely chopped
Garlic - 2, roughly chopped
Green chilli -1
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Green chilli - 1, slit
Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Water - 1 cup + 3/4 cup
Asofetida - generous pinch
To temper:
Butter/ghee - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/8 tsp
Cumin seed - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli - 1
To garnish:
Coriander leaves - few
Method:
Pressure cooker:
- Add ghee to the cooker, once when the ghee is hot add the ingredients given under "to temper", let it splutter
- Add onion, tomato, green chilli, ginger and garlic, give a quick stir. Add carrot and potato, sauté once
- Add moong dal, chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Finally add water; mix well; cook for 3 whistles. Dal is ready serve hot with a dallop of ghee
Instant pot:
- Turn on the Instant pot in sauté mode. Add ghee and once when the ghee is hot add the ingredients given under "to temper", let it splutter
- Add onion, tomato, green chilli, ginger and garlic,give a quick stir. Add carrot and potato, sauté once
- Add moong dal, chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Finally add water; mix well
- Turn the Instant pot to manual mode and set 18 minutes - high temperature
- After the pressure realized naturally. Open the Instant pot Dal is ready serve hot with a dallop of ghee
Nice.. addition of potato and carrot super and welcome to IP mania. 😉😉
Cooking in Instant pot is super cool.Planning to get one as soon as possible and good that you have introduced vegetables in the tadka.
Awesome Flavours in your dhal. Can Dhal go wrong on any day? It's our comfort food too and you feel like having a proper meal. Long time Vidhya. How have you been