Spring onion curry
Spring onion curry with dal is an aromatic dish that combines the nutritional goodness of dal with the freshness of spring onions. It is comforting to have a bowl of hot spring onion dal curry.
Ingredients
- 5-6 garlic cloves
- 2 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1/2 cup moong dal
- spring onion bunch [250 grams]
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 tablespoon oil
- salt to taste.
Instructions
- Take half a cup of moong dal in a bowl. Wash and soak it for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, separate the white and green portions of spring onion. Chop the green portion into medium-sized pieces. Take water in a bowl and wash it twice or thrice.
- Chop the white part of the spring onion finely using a chopper or knife.
- Now, take garlic cloves, cumin seeds, red chili powder and turmeric powder to a khal-batta [mortel and pestle] and make a rough paste of it. We can also use a grinder here.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add freshly crushed garlic and chili powder paste to it.
- Saute it on a low flame for a minute. Now, add the finely chopped white part of spring onion. Saute it until the onion becomes translucent.
- Then add the green part of spring onion and mix it well.
- Add soaked moong dal and salt to it and mix it well. Also, add 2 cups of water to it and cook it on low flame for 10-15 minutes.
- Serve hot spring onion dal curry with soft chapati or roti and rice.
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