Green Moong Dal Curry / Green Gram Curry Recipe

Ingredients :

1.  Tarka  dal ( Green moong  dal   moong dal  gota or green lentil )  -  1 bowl
2. Potato - 1 ( peel the potato and cut into small cubes )
3. Salt to taste
4. Sugar - 1 tea spoon
5. Ripe tomato - 1 ( finely chopped )
6. Onion - 3 ( peel the onion and cut into slices pieces )
7. Garlic paste - 2 table spoon
8. Ginger paste - 2 table spoon
9. cumin powder - 1 table spoon
10. coriander powder - 1 table spoon
11. kashmiri dry red chili powder - 1 table spoon
12. Dry red chili powder - 1 table spoon
13.garam masala powder - 1 tea spoon
14. bay leaf - 2 pieces
15. whole cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon
16. fresh coriander leaves - 2 table spoon ( finely chopped )
17. Lemon juice - 2 table spoon

Methods :

1. wash and clean the dal .
2. Soak the dal in enough water for about 6 hours or overnight .
3. Next day drain the water properly from the dal .
4. Take a pressure cooker . Then add dal and  pour  water ( as required )  into the cooker . Cover the pressure cooker and close the lid . Cook for 2 whistles . When it is done . Then switch off the flame . Keep aside .
5. Allow to cool . Once it is  cool . Then open the cover . Keep aside .
6. Take a wok . Add oil into wok . When oil is hot .
7. Put the potato cubes pieces . Fry till golden color . Take out them from the oil .
8. Then add whole cumin seeds and bay leaf .
9. Add onion slices . Fry until onions are brown color .
10. Next add finely chopped tomato . Fry till tomato pieces are soft .
11. When it's done . Put salt to taste , turmeric powder and sugar . Fry for 1 minutes .
12. After 1 minutes , add 2 table spoon of garlic paste , 1 table spoon of cumin powder , 2 table spoon of ginger paste , 1  table spoon of coriander powder , 2 table spoon of kashmiri dry red chili powder , 1 table spoon of  dry red chili powder , add finely chopped fresh coriander leaves  2 table spoon and add 1 table spoon of garam masala powder  and add 2 table spoon of water .
13. Fry the masala until leave the oil from the masala .
14. Then add boiled dal and fried potato . Mix it very well .
15. Now add water 2 cup of water  . Mix it very well . Cook for 10 minutes  .
16. After 10 minutes , when dal is thicken consistency . Then add 2 table spoon of lemon juice . Mix well .
17. Switch off the flame . Transfer to a bowl .
18. Serve hot .