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Capsicum Ginger Dal - Comfort Food Series

Capsicum ginger dal is full of taste, the slight spiciness of the capsicum, the sharpness of ginger and the earthiness of the moong dal! A perfect comfort food option!
Course Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup moong dal
  • 2 - 2 1/2 cups water depending on how thick you want your dal
  • 2 capsicum medium sized (finely chopped)
  • 2 " inchs ginger finely chopped
  • 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • handful curry leaves
  • to taste salt

Instructions
 

  • Wash the moong dal well till you the water running clean. Soak for about 30 minutes or so.
  • Add water, capsicum and ginger to the dal and keep for boiling in an open pan
  • Once it starts to boil, reduce the flame and cook till tender. This will take about 8-10 mins. You can use pressure cooker but I feel moong dal always becomes mush when you boil it in the pressure cooker but if you are confident, please go ahead and do it.
  • At this point, add the salt and the chilli flakes.
  • In a small pan, heat oil add mustard seeds and let them splutter, add curry leaves and fry for half a minute. Add this to the dal and boil further for 2 mins.
  • Serve hot with steamed rice or roti.

Notes

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