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 đ 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 sautĂ© 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 đ
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, sautĂ© 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 sautĂ© 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, sautĂ© 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
