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Aloo methi matar dal, a comforting dal with potatoes, peas, greens and mixed lentils. A no onion, garlic gravy, pressure cooked and tempered with simple spices. A comfort meal when served with rice and ghee.

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Methi dal with peas and potatoes
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Potato Love

Potato, is our family vegetable. The love for potatoes begins with my father-in-law. My boys, nieces, and nephews all share a crazy love for a simple potato curry.

I take advantage of this potato love and add potatoes with all veggies. Like this aloo baingan curry and mixed vegetable cutlet. We once made a potato base pizza and a Irish potato apple bread.

Adding mashed potatoes to dough while making flatbreads, keeps it soft for long time. Especially for gluten free flours. Like this aloo roti or bajra aloo roti.

Today's Aloo Methi Matar Dal

Aloo methi matar is a famous north-indian style side dish. I have made this dry side dish into a luscious and creamy dal by adding a mix of lentils.

Kids at home love any kind of dal. Steaming hot rice with ladles of dal, is their favorite food. Since we make dal regularly, i try to mix and match dals in my cooking.

Like this Ek thali dal, which has a mix of lentils, veggies, spinach and beans. A wholesome meal when served with rice. Today's methi matar dal too has a combination of 2 dals.

Lunch thali with methi matar dal and paneer

Why as Dal?

Methi or fenugreek leaves has a slight bitter taste to it. When cooked well, you won't find that bitter taste, but kids and greens have different kind of relationship.

During his Show & tell activity, my little fella once said that if possible, he would eradicate green peas. He wanted them gone from the surface of the earth. Yeah, such is the love.

So i paired this healthy fenugreek leaves and green peas with their favorite potatoes and made it into a dal. No complaints heard. If you have kids like mine, check this potato methi cutlet. Yet another delish way to add fenugreek greens into your diet.

The Lunch Thali

Here is another simple to make weekday lunch thali. The lunch plate features

Lunch thali with dal, rice, curry and paneer

How to make Easy Tava Paneer Fry

Why you should try this Methi Matar Dal?

This delish no onion, no garlic dal is quick and easy to make. Simple and easy pressure cooker recipe. It can be made ahead and reheated just before serving.

This comforting dal, uses only chili and ginger for spice. A kid-friendly recipe. The spice level can be adjusted to suit adults too.

This creamy dal with mixed lentils and greens is a wholesome recipe, packing protein, carbs and fiber together. It is a versatile recipe, mix and match with other dal varieties or add more beans/greens and veggies to it. Make it more hearty.

If you are into meal prepping, double or triple the below recipe and store them well. This creamy dal can also be served with rice, roti and soft phulkas. This hearty dal packs well in lunch boxes.

Ingredients to Make Quick & Easy Potato Dal

  • Lentils & Legumes : The recipe uses a mix of moong dal and whole masoor dal. You can use any mix of dal for this aloo dal.
  • Vegetables & Greens : As the name suggests, this sattvic dal is made with aloo. It also includes methi (fenugreek leaves) and matar (green peas).
Ingredients for making aloo dal
  • Spices : This creamy dal uses just green chilies and ginger for spice.
  • Tempering : Regular Indian tempering spices like mustard seeds, cumin, hing, curry leaves, red chili. And a tad bit of fenugreek seeds, that's what makes that sizzling tempering amazingly aromatic.

How to make Aloo Methi Matar Dal

Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions

  • Measure and keep all the dals ready. Wash and soak them in water for 15- 20 minutes. While the dal is soaking, prepare the vegetables.
  • Chop and keep methi leaves soaked in water. Peel and chop potatoes into cubes. Wash and chop tomatoes, chilies. Grate ginger and turmeric.
Lets make aloo methi matar dal
  • Take a pressure cooker. Add potato, peas, methi leaves. Add chopped tomatoes, grated ginger and turmeric. Drain the water from the dal and add it to the cooker.
  • Add Salt and enough water to cover the veggies and dal. Mix well. close the cooker and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
  • Open the cooker. Mash the dal roughly with a potato masher. Check the consistency of the dal. If too thick, add ½ cup water and take it to the stove, let it simmer for 10 minutes.
Lets make pressure cooker methi matar dal
  • For Tempering, heat oil splutter mustard seeds, crackle cumin, add red chilies and hing.
  • Add the sizzling tempering to the dal. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and take it off stove. Serve it along rice or roti.

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Simple vegetarian lunch with rice, potato peas dal and paneer
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Aloo Methi Matar Dal | Potato & Spinach Dal | Lunch Thali #15

Aloo methi matar dal, a comforting dal with potatoes, peas, spinach and mixed lentils. A no onion, garlic gravy, pressure cooked and tempered with simple spices. A comfort meal when served with rice and ghee.
Course Delicious sides, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Aloo methi matar, Easy dal recipe, Easy lunch ideas, Easy potato spinach dal, Easy vegan recipe, How to make dal in pressure cooker, Matar recipe, Methi matar dal, Methi recipe, Sattvic recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 240kcal

Ingredients

  • 50 grams fresh vendhya keerai | fenugreek leaves | methi leaves, 1 bunch of methi leaves, cleaned and chopped
  • 175 grams potato 1 large potato, peeled and chopped
  • 50 grams frozen peas
  • 125 grams tomatoes 1 large tomato
  • ¾ cup moong dal
  • cup whole masoor dal
  • 4 green chilies
  • 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
  • ½ tablespoon grated fresh turmeric
  • Fresh coriander for garnish

Tempering

  • 3 tablespoon groundnut oil
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon methi seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon hing or asafoetida

Instructions

  • Measure all the ingredients mentioned above and keep them ready on the kitchen counter.
  • Take the dals in a bowl, wash it with water for 2-3 times. Soak them in water for 15 minutes minimum.
  • Peel and chop the potatoes. Clean the methi leaves. Chop the potatoes, chilies, grate the turmeric and ginger.

How i clean methi leaves

  • I just cut it off the roots and roughly chop the rest of the leaves. Keep it soaked in water for 10 minutes for the dust to settle. Strain the leaves, soak in fresh water again for 2-3 minutes for any dirt to settle. Strain the leaves and keep it aside.

Let's make Aloo methi matar dal

  • In a pressure cooker, add chopped potatoes and peas. Add drained methi leaves.
  • Add the chopped tomatoes, chilies, grated ginger and turmeric. Drain the dal from water and add it to the cooker.
  • Add water to immerse all the ingredients added. about 3-4 cups of water. Add salt. Close the pressure cooker and cook it for 4-5 whistles.
  • Let the pressure drop on its own. Open the cooker and roughly mash the dal with a potato masher or back of the ladle.
  • The consistency should be good. If you find it too thick add ½ cup water and let it simmer for 5 minutes. If you find it thin, let it simmer for 10 minutes.

Let's do the tadka

  • Heat oil in a tadka pan, when hot, add the tadka ingredients mentioned in the list.
  • Add the sizzling tadka to the dal. Garnish it with fresh coriander and take it off the stove.
  • Serve it hot with rice and curry.

Storage Instructions

  • Any leftover dal can be refrigerated for 3 days in an air-tight container. While serving, remove the amount of dal you will consume for that time, reheat it in the microwave and serve hot.

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Notes

  • The measurement mentioned above is after peeling and chopping the potatoes and cleaning the spinach leaves. 

Nutrition

Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 112mg | Potassium: 304mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 296IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 3mg

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Sindhi Tidaali Dal | How to make Sindhi Tridali Dal https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/tri-daali-dal/ https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/tri-daali-dal/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:57:00 +0000 http://www.icampinmykitchen.com/2013/05/tri-daali-da.html Tidaali dal, aka tridali dal is a sindhi speciality. A mixture of 3 different dals, pressure cooked together with tomatoes and chilies and tempered with aromatic garlic, hing and cumin seeds. Tidaali dal makes a great accompaniment with rice and flatbreads. This simple, yet delicious tridali dal is a great meal to cook during busy […]

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Tidaali dal, aka tridali dal is a sindhi speciality. A mixture of 3 different dals, pressure cooked together with tomatoes and chilies and tempered with aromatic garlic, hing and cumin seeds.

Tidaali dal makes a great accompaniment with rice and flatbreads. This simple, yet delicious tridali dal is a great meal to cook during busy weekdays and for weekends that demands comfort.

Sindhi dal

Apart from being a regular meal, tridali dal can be a great menu at parties. Serve it along some jeera rice, sinful paneer subzi and some flatbreads, for the best party food.

What is Tidaali dal

Tidaali dal or Tridali dal is sindhi speciality. It is a delicious mix of Split green moong , chana dal and split urad dal(with/without skin). I came across some recipes using tuvar dal too.

Tridali dal

My household runs on dal and rasam. My elder one loves dal all 365 days whereas my younger loves rasam. Both of them never get bored eating the same food everyday, it is me who gets bored, i cannot cook and eat the same everyday. So, for this very reason, i keep experimenting with different dal recipes. I mix and match different dals in my kitchen. Indian kitchen has so many dal varieties, you dont have repeat the dal for 30 days.

The advantage of this sindhi tridali dal is it is very simple and quick to make. Just soak the dals, pressure cook with tomatoes and chilies and add a luscious tadka of garlic and cumin. The recipes sounds much similar to the saayi dal, except here it is a combination of 3 dals.

Tidaali dal

The Ingredients

  • The dals, the tridali dal recipe uses split green gram, split black gram and chana dal. Split green gram is more in ratio and rest of the dals makes the other half together.
  • Spices, green chilies while cooking and red chilies in tadka are the spices used in the recipe.
  • Flavors, the dal is finished with an aromatic tadka of garlic, mustard, cumin and hing along with curry leaves.
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Sindhi Tidaali Dal | How to make sindhi tridaali dal

Tidaali dal, aka tridaali dal is a sindhi speciality. A mixture of 3 different dals, pressure cooked together with tomatoes and chilies and tempered with aromatic garlic, hing and cumin seeds.
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Indian, Sindhi
Keyword Dal for lunch, How to make dal for lunch, Sindhi dal, Sindhi style dal recipe, Teen dal recipe
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Cooker release time & Tadka 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 5
Calories

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Split green moong dal Dhuli moong/chilke wali moong
  • ¼ cup Chana dal Gram dal
  • ¼ cup Split black gram dal Dhuli urad
  • 1 no medium sized tomato chopped
  • 4 teaspoon freshly grated coconut optional, not in the original recipe
  • 4 nos green chilies cut into two
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt or to taste

Tempering

  • 2 tsp oil/ghee chose oil if vegan
  • ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds/kadugu
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds/jeera
  • 3 nos red chilies, broken optional
  • 3 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 1 tsp ginger finely chopped
  • teaspoon hing/asafoetida
  • fresh coriander leaves for garnish

Instructions

  • Take all the 3 dals together in a bowl, wash it once with water. Add fresh water and soak them for 30 minutes. Drain the dal and keep aside until use.
  • Heat a teaspoon of oil in a pressure cooker, add the tomatoes, chili, turmeric powder. Add the drained dal, 3 cups of water and mix.
  • Add turmeric powder, salt to the dal and mix. Add the freshly grated coconut to the dal. The original recipe doesn't use fresh coconut, but i like to add coconut to my dal recipes.
  • Close the pressure cooker and cook for 4-5 whistles. Let the pressure fall on its own.
  • Heat a small tadka pan with oil. Add curry leaves, red chilies, chopped garlic and ginger. i didn't have fresh ginger in hand, so omitted it. When the garlic turns brown, add mustard seeds, let it splutter and finally add cumin seeds, take it off the stove and add the sizzling tadka to the dal.
  • Garnish the dal with fresh coriander leaves. Serve it warm with rice/roti.

Notes

  • There is no coconut in the original sindhi dal recipe, but i love coconut in my dal/kootu, so i have used. Feel free to skip if you don't prefer coconut
  • Fresh ginger is used while cooking the dal, since i didnt have any fresh ginger at hand, i skipped that step. 
 

I served this delicious tridali dal with rice, papad, pickle and homemade curd. The best comforting meal ever.

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Langarwali Dal | Amritsari Dal | Pressure Cooker Recipe Punjabi Dal https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/langarwali-da/ https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/langarwali-da/#comments Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:06:21 +0000 http://www.icampinmykitchen.com/2018/04/langarwali-da.html Langarwali dal, the famous Punjabi dal recipe served in Gurudwara. A quick and easy vegan recipe made pressure cooker. Makes a full meal with rice. Langar Dal | Punjabi Dal recipe | Easy Dal recipe | Pressure Cooker Recipe | Rice and dal recipe | How to make dal chawal | Simple dal recipe | […]

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Langarwali dal, the famous Punjabi dal recipe served in Gurudwara. A quick and easy vegan recipe made pressure cooker. Makes a full meal with rice.

Langar Dal | Punjabi Dal recipe | Easy Dal recipe | Pressure Cooker Recipe | Rice and dal recipe | How to make dal chawal | Simple dal recipe | How to make Langarwali dal | Recipe for Punjabi langar dal | Pressure Cooker Amritsari Dal | How to make amritsari dal | How to make Punjabi Amritsari dal in pressure cooker | Easy Lunch ideas | Dal chawal for lunch | Vegan Dal Recipe | Vegan Lunch Ideas

Punjabi dal in a serving bowl
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Dal : Ultimate Comfort Meal

Our love for dal is infinite. I make dal 3-4 times in a week. My elder one is a happy kid with a perfectly spiced dal and steaming hot rice. And not forget the oodles of ghee on top. So, when I chose langarwali dal, I knew who would be happy eating it.

Dal is super flexible and versatile. Throw in different lentils, veggies, proteins, spices, herbs, and even some tangy stuff like tamarind. Serve it up over rice with some achar (spicy pickle) or your favorite chutney.

At home, dal happens at least twice a week. This creamy potato dal is my younger fella's preference. Whereas my elder one would love any dal recipe like this sindhi dal or saayi dal.

A spoon of delish langar dal with rice and ghee in a bowl

Personally, my go-to comfort food is ek thaali dal. It is made with a mixture of dal, legumes includes some spinach too. The dal is spiced with a rich masala of cashew and coconut. With steaming hot rice and ladles of ek thali dal, it is pure bliss on plate.

While North-India has Dal recipes, south-india we have rich and creamy kootu. Kootu can be made with any vegetable and greens. Check this yummy zucchini kootu made in instant pot.

What is Langar?

Langar, meaning "community kitchen". Langar is a distinctive tradition in Sikhism that embodies equality, selfless service, and community spirit. It focuses on providing free meals to everyone, regardless of background, social status, or religion. This practice symbolizes unity, compassion, and humility, reflecting the teachings of the Sikh Gurus.

Langar serves a vegetarian meal that accommodates all dietary restrictions. The simple yet nutritious food typically includes lentils, rice, bread, and vegetables.

A bowl of rice with langar dal and curry

Langar Dal

I packed this simple and nutritious dal along with Ginger-garlic rice for my hubby's lunch. The recipe is simple, with no fancy ingredients, just pressure cooked dal with spices and tadka.

My kids love dal with their flatbreads too. Check this soft and fluffy naan bread to pair with this simple dal.

This creamy and delish dal has a similar taste to Dal Makhani. As this recipe too uses sabut urad dal/whole black urad dal, along with aromatic chana dal.

The creamy dal lives up to the definition of comfort food. Steaming hot rice, langarwali dal, and some ghee make it divine along with some papad/pickle.

Ingredients to Make Amritsari Dal

  • Dal : The Dal recipe uses whole urad dal with skin. This is known as black gram. It is used along with chana dal or gram dal.
  • Spices : Simple spices are used. Lots of fresh ginger, green chili for the heat. You can use red chili powder instead and some freshly pounded coriander seeds.
Ingredients to make Amritsari Dal
  • Tempering : A simple tempering of mustard and cumin. I have used hing, you can avoid.
  • Garnish : I have added a handful of chopped fresh coriander leaves to the dal.

How to make Langar Dal

Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions

  • Measure and take dals in a bowl. Wash with water 2-3 times. Soak it in fresh water for an hour.
  • Drain the excess water. Take the dal in a pressure cooker, add salt and turmeric powder. Add freshly pounded coriander powder to this.
  • Add enough water and pressure cook the dal for 4-5 whistles or until soft.
  • Let the pressure fall off on its own. open the pressure cooker and mash the dal roughly with a potato masher.
How make Amritsari Dal in a pressure cooker
  • Heat oil in a pan, add tempering of mustard seeds, cumin seeds. Add chopped chili, tomatoes and ginger to this.
  • Let the tomatoes cook until mushy. Now add the mashed dal to this and ½ cup of water. Let this simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Garnish the dal with fresh coriander leaves and take it off the stove. Serve hot with rice and curry.

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Langarwali Dal | Amritsari Dal | Pressure Cooker Recipe Punjabi Dal

Langarwali dal, the famous Punjabi dal recipe served in Gurudwara. A quick and easy recipe made pressure cooker. Makes a full meal with rice.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian, Punjabi
Keyword Chana dal recipe, Easy dal recipe, Easy vegan recipe, Gurudwara dal recipe, How to make amritsari dal, How to make dal for lunch, Langar kitchen special dal, Punjabi dal recipe, Urad dal recipe, Vegan lunch ideas
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 5
Calories 205kcal

Equipment

  • Instant Pot or Pressure cooker

Ingredients

  • 1 cup whole urad dal with skin/Whole black gram
  • ½ cup chana dal/Gram dal
  • 1 large tomatoes finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
  • 3 teaspoon green chili or use red chili powder 1 tsp
  • 1 teaspoon coriander seeds freshly pounded
  • fresh coriander leaves for garnish
  • 1.5 teaspoon salt or to taste

Tempering

  • 2 teaspoon oil
  • ¼ tsp mustard seeds optional
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon hing

Instructions

  • Wash and soak both the dals together for an hour or two. After the said time, drain the soaking water, add fresh water until the dal immerse well.
  • Add turmeric powder, salt and coriander powder. Pressure cook the dal for 4-5 whistles or until done.
  • Once pressure cooked, let the pressure fall on its own, remove the dal. Roughly mash the dal with a potato masher.
  • Heat a pan with oil, crackle cumin seeds, add green chilies and sauté for a minute. Next add tomatoes and ginger and sauté until tomatoes turn mushy.
  • Add the cooked dal and ¼ cup of water, mix well. Check and adjust salt.
  • Let this simmer until the flavors mingle well and the dal turns to desired consistency. I left it for another 10-12 minutes simmering on medium heat and removed.
  • Garnish it with fresh coriander leaves and serve it warm with steaming hot rice.

Notes

  • You can cook the dal in the Instant pot also. Pressure cook for 8 minutes and let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, then do a quick pressure release. 
  • Check this Instant pot zucchini kootu recipe for guidelines

Nutrition

Calories: 205kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 722mg | Potassium: 71mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 210IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 4mg

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Mixed Vegetable Puli Kootu | Tangy Vegetable Stew | Lunch Thali #14 https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/multi-vegetable-kootu/ https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/multi-vegetable-kootu/#comments Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:11:31 +0000 http://www.icampinmykitchen.com/2010/09/multi-vegetable-kootu.html Mixed vegetable puli kootu, a tangy stew made in pressure cooker. Frozen mixed vegetables cooked in tamarind sauce. Served with steaming hot rice and curry for a complete meal. South-Indian Puli kootu | Tamarind kootu | How to make puli kootu | Easy pressure cooker kootu recipe | Vegetable stew recipe | South-Indian stew recipe […]

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Mixed vegetable puli kootu, a tangy stew made in pressure cooker. Frozen mixed vegetables cooked in tamarind sauce. Served with steaming hot rice and curry for a complete meal.

South-Indian Puli kootu | Tamarind kootu | How to make puli kootu | Easy pressure cooker kootu recipe | Vegetable stew recipe | South-Indian stew recipe | Easy lunch ideas | Vegan Side dish | No Onion No garlic kootu recipe | Sattvic meals

Tangy kootu with mixed vegetables in pressure cooker
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Puli kootu

Puli kootu is a traditional South Indian dish, particularly popular in Tamilnadu. The dish is made with a variety of lentils, vegetables, tamarind and seasoned with spices.

It is typically served as a side dish with rice and is known for its spicy and tangy flavor. Amma makes a delicious puli kootu with banana flower and my favorite is this brinjal puli kootu with chickpeas.

Kootu vs Sambar

What is the difference between kootu and sambar? Sambar is a dish made of vegetables cooked in tamarind water. The vegetables are seasoned with sambar powder. The dish is thickened with typically toor dal mash.

Kootu, or south-indian style stew has everything in it. A whole food pyramid packed in it. Vegetables, dal, spices, coconut all in one.

A simple meal of dal chawal and curry

It can be made with a mix of different dals or just one of them. Its spice base typically consists of chilies, pepper and cumin blended with coconut, like this zucchini kootu

Some household, use a separate spice powder for making kootu, like this ashgourd kootu or this simple cabbage kootu. I use my mother's Kootu Podi recipe . This kootu podi, comes real handy, if you cook south-indian regularly.

Today's Lunch

Here is another simple to make weekday lunch thali. The lunch plate features

Simple Weekday Lunch thali with puli kootu and beans curry

Why you should try this Tangy Kootu

This delectable no-onion, no-garlic kootu is incredibly easy to make. Can be made in pressure cooker or instant pot. You can prepare it ahead of time and simply reheat it before serving.

This creamy puli kootu, featuring mixed lentils and frozen vegetables, is a nutritious blend of protein, carbs, and fiber. It's a versatile dish. Feel free to experiment with various dals. You can use fresh vegetables like potatoes, cauliflower, carrots and peas for a more wholesome meal.

For efficient meal prepping, feel free to double or triple the recipe. This creamy, tangy kootu pairs excellently with rice, roti, or soft phulkas, making it a fantastic option for lunch boxes.

Ingredients for Pressure Cooker Puli Kootu

  • Vegetables , I have used mixed frozen vegetables. You can also use fresh veggies of your choice.
  • Dal, mix of spit moong dal and split urad dal with skin is used in this puli kootu. You can also use a mix of other dals. i would recommend Toor dal and moong dal or Chana dal for an aromatic dish.
ingredients for Puli Kootu in pressure cooker
  • Spices,I have used a fresh spice paste with ginger, turmeric, coconut and chilies. You can also use regular sambar podi or kootu podi to make delicious tamarind based kootu.
  • Tempering, regular south-indian tempering spices like mustard, hing, curry leaves along with methi seeds.
  • Garnish , handful of fresh coriander leaves.

Step by Step Instructions to make Puli Kootu

Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions

  • Measure and prep all the ingredients mentioned and keep it ready.
  • Take the dals together, wash and drain 2-3 times with water. Add fresh water and let it soak for 15 minutes minimum.
  • Take the ingredients mentioned 'to grind' in a blender jar. Blend it to smooth paste withe ½ cup of water.
  • Heat a pressure cooker with oil, add tempering spices. Add the frozen vegetables and saute for a minute or two.
how to make Puli Kootu in pressure cooker
  • Add the drained the dals to thsi and the spice paste. Wash the blender jar with water and add that water too to the cooker.
  • Add salt, pressure cook for 4-5 whistles. Let the pressure fall on its own. open and check the consistency and adjust if needed.
  • Garnish with coriander leaves. Take it off the stove. Serve with rice or roti.
  • This tangy kootu packs well in lunch box too.

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Mixed Vegetable Puli Kootu | Tangy Vegetable Stew | Pressure Cooker Recipe

Mixed vegetable puli kootu, a tangy stew made in pressure cooker. Frozen mixed vegetables cooked in tamarind sauce. Served with steaming hot rice and curry for a complete meal.
Course Delicious sides, Main Course
Cuisine Indian, South-Indian
Keyword Easy kootu recipe, Easy lunch ideas, Easy pressure cooker recipes, Easy vegan recipe, How to make kootu in pressure cooker, How to make tangy tamarind stew, Puli kootu recipe, Spicy and tangy kootu
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 181kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables beans, carrot and peas
  • ½ cup Dhuli Moong dal / Split green gram with skin
  • ¼ cup Dhuli urad dal / Split urad dal with skin
  • 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • Fresh coriander leaves to garnish

To Grind

  • 10 grams tamarind Indian lemon size
  • 3 green chilies
  • 3 tablespoon fresh coconut 2 small wedges of fresh coconut meat
  • 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 teaspoon fresh turmeric grated
  • 2 teaspoon fresh ginger grated

Tempering

  • 2 tablespoon groundnut oil
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon methi seeds
  • ½ teaspoon hing or asafoetida
  • 2 round red chilies

Instructions

  • Measure the vegetables, dal and spices and keep it ready on the counter.
  • Take the dals in a bowl, wash and drain 2-3 times with water. Add fresh water and let it soak for 15 minutes minimum.
  • While the dal is soaking, let us make the spice paste. Take all ingredients mentioned under 'To grind' in a blender jar. I use my Magic bullet to grind.
  • Blend the spices to a fine paste with ½ cup water. Keep aside.
  • Heat a pressure cooker with oil, mentioned under 'Tempering'. When hot, add all the tempering spices.
  • Now add the frozen vegetables. Sauté for a minute or two. Drain the water from the dal and add it to the vegetables.
  • Saute for another minute. Add the ground masala to the cooker. Add 1 cup of water to the blender jar, wash and add it to the cooker.
  • Add salt and another 1 cup of water to the cooker. When it begins to boil, close the cooker and let it cook for 4-5 whistles.
  • Let the pressure fall on its own. Open the cooker, mash the dal roughly with a potato masher or back of the ladle.
  • Check the consistency of the kootu. If the kootu is too thick, add ½ cup of water and let it simmer for 10 minutes. If the kootu is too thin, let it simmer for 15 minutes to thicken a little.
  • Once it reaches the desired consistency, add fresh coriander leaves to the kootu and take it off the stove.
  • Serve it hot with rice. We love this tangy and mildly spicy kootu with roti's too.

Storage Instructions

  • Any leftover kootu can be refrigerated in an air-tight container for 2-3 days.
  • While serving from the refrigerator, remove only the amount you will consume for that time, reheat and serve it warm.

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Notes

The recipe is called puli kootu as it uses raw tamarind in the spice paste. You can use tomatoes instead of tamarind, incase you can't source it.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 181kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 486mg | Potassium: 169mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1724IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 3mg

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Ek Thali Dal | Mixed Vegetables & Spinach Dal | Lunch Thali #13 https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/ek-thali-dal-mixed-vegetables-spinach-dal-lunch-thali-13/ https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/ek-thali-dal-mixed-vegetables-spinach-dal-lunch-thali-13/#comments Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:41:38 +0000 https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/?p=17804 Ek thali dal, a comforting dal with vegetables, spinach and mixed lentils. A no onion, garlic, rich gravy made with ground cashew masala paste, rendering a creamy nutty taste. No Onion No garlic Dal | Mixed vegetable dal | Dal with vegetables and spinach | Ek thali dal | Easy Lunch thali | Weekend lunch […]

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Ek thali dal, a comforting dal with vegetables, spinach and mixed lentils. A no onion, garlic, rich gravy made with ground cashew masala paste, rendering a creamy nutty taste.

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Rich and creamy dal with vegetables and spinach
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Dal Chawal

Dal-chawal is India's staple food. While we enjoy pizza, pasta, wraps, and rolls, simple dal-chawal is our true comfort.

Dal's simplicity and versatility make it one of the quickest and easiest dishes to prepare. Just pressure cook it with basic spices like chilies and cumin. Add a delicious tempering of mustard seeds, cumin seeds with curry leaves to make it irresistible.

Each Indian state and its regions have their own distinct dal recipes. In South India, dal is often prepared as kootu, a thick stew of vegetables and dal with spice powder.

In contrast, North Indian recipes vary, utilizing different spices, sometimes with vegetables, sometimes without.

We enjoy the simplicity of lachko dal and the richness of dal lucknowi. Both my boys love the delicious Sindhi specialty tridali dal and palak dal.

Simple vegetarian thali with ek thali dal, rasam and curry

Ek Thali Dal Story

I used to hoard a lot of cookbooks. There was a time, i used to sit and read cookbooks. Tarla Dalal, Menu rani chellam, Mallika Badrinath, Sanjeev Kapoor books were in my collection.

These cookbooks had just a glossy picture of the dish, and just the recipe. Only later i realized, i yearn for the story behind the recipe.

I remember my friend Huma, lending me this Ariana bundy's Pomegranates & Roses. Oh loved that book, the way each recipes were told with a story, just brilliant. I made this Pomegranate jelly from that book.

Today's Ek thali dal, is inspired from Sanjeev Kapoor's Dal & Kadhis cookbook. The name still intrigues me.

Ek thali means "one plate" in Hindi and Dal is the dish. I am guessing. Since this dal recipe includes a lot of vegetables along with spinach and a mix of dal, it is wholesome. It is named Ek thali, meaning everything in one plate. Again, just a guess.

The Lunch Thali

After a very long time, presenting you all with a Lunch Thali (plate). A weekday vegetarian lunch thali with carbs and loads of protein. The lunch features,

Lunch thali with ek thali dal, rasam and paneer

Why you should try this Ek thali dal

This delish no onion, no garlic dal is quick and easy to make. Simple and easy pressure cooker recipe. It can be made ahead and reheated just before serving.

This creamy dal with mixed lentils and vegetables is a wholesome recipe, packing protein, carbs and fiber together. It is a versatile recipe, mix and match with other dal varieties and add more veggies and greens to it. Make it more hearty.

If you are into meal prepping, double or triple the below recipe and store them well. This creamy dal can also be served with rice, roti and soft phulkas. This aromatic dal packs well in lunch boxes.

Chutneywale Paneer Youtube Video

Ingredients to Make Rich & Creamy Dal

  • Lentils & Legumes : The recipe uses a mix of dals. Like Whole masoor, split green gram, chana dal, and brown chickpeas. The original recipe used white chana.
  • Vegetables & Greens : This all in one dal uses cabbage, Spinach and tomatoes.
Ingredients for ek thali dal
  • Spices : This creamy dal uses rich a masala paste.
  • The Rich masala paste consists of cashews, fresh coconut, fresh ginger, turmeric and chilies. Along with cumin and coriander seeds imparting an amazing aroma to the dal.
rich coconut masala paste for ek thali dal
  • Tempering : Regular Indian tempering spices like mustard seeds, cumin, hing, curry leaves, green chili. And a tad bit of fenugreek seeds, that's what makes that sizzling tempering amazingly aromatic.

How to make Rich Aromatic Dal in Pressure Cooker

Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions

  • Measure and keep all the dals ready. Wash and soak them in water for 30 minutes. While the dal is soaking, prepare the vegetables.
  • Chop and keep palak soaked in water, Clean and chop cabbage. Wash and chop tomatoes.
  • Let's make the coconut masala. Take all the ingredients given under 'To grind' to a fine paste with water.
  • Take a pressure cooker. Add the veggies, palak leaves, tomatoes. Drain the water from the dal and add it to the cooker.
  • Add the ground masala to this. Wash the blender jar with water and add it to the cooker. Add Salt. Mix well.
how to make ek thali dal in pressure cooker
  • Close the pressure cooker. Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles. Let the pressure drop naturally.
  • Open the cooker. Mash the dal roughly with a potato masher. Check the consistency of the dal. If too thick, add ½ cup water and take it to the stove, let it simmer for 10 minutes.
  • For Tempering, heat oil splutter mustard seeds, crackle cumin, add chopped green chilies, hing, curry leaves powder and fenugreek seeds.
  • Add the sizzling tempering to the dal. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and take it off stove. Serve it along rice or roti.

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Ek Thali Dal | Mixed Vegetables & Spinach Dal | Lunch Thali #13

Ek thali dal, a comforting dal with vegetables, spinach and mixed lentils. A rich gravy made with ground cashew masala paste, rendering a creamy nutty taste
Course Delicious sides, Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Keyword All in one dal, Bachelor cooking, Easy pressure cooker recipes, How to make mixed dal, Mixed dal with vegetables, Sanjeev Kapoor dal recipe, Spinach and vegetable dal recipe, Spinach dal
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 6 people
Calories 212kcal

Equipment

  • Pressure cooker or Instant pot

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup whole masoor dal
  • ¼ cup Dhuli Moong/Split Moong dal with skin
  • ¼ cup Chana dal/Kadalai paruppu/Gram dal
  • ¼ cup brown chickpeas Soaked overnight and drained
  • 75 grams palak leaves Spinach, chopped
  • 100 grams cabbage chopped
  • 225 grams tomatoes chopped
  • 1.5 teaspoon salt or to taste

To grind

  • ¼ cup fresh coconut i used 2 wedges of fresh coconut meat
  • 3 tablespoon broken cashewnuts
  • 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
  • 1.5 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 2 tablespoon freshly chopped ginger
  • 1 tablespoon freshly chopped turmeric you can also use ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 4-5 round red chilies

Tempering

  • 1 tablespoon groundnut oil
  • ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon methi seeds
  • 2 green chilies chopped
  • ¼ teaspoon hing/asafoetida
  • ½ teaspoon curry leaves powder or a sprig of curry leaf

Instructions

  • Measure all the dal mentioned above and keep it ready on the counter. The original recipe uses kabuli chana or the white chickpeas. I had brown chickpeas readily available in the freezer. So, i have used that.
  • Wash all the dals in water 2-3 times. Keep it soaked in water for 30 minutes minimum. While the dal is soaking let's prep the vegetables and the fresh spice paste.
  • Wash and chop the palak leaves and cabbage. Wash and chop the tomatoes and keep it aside.
  • For the fresh spice paste. Take in a blender jar, all ingredients mentioned under 'To grind '. Grind to a fine paste with ¼ cup of water.
  • In a pressure cooker, dump all the chopped vegetables, tomatoes . Drain the dal and add it to the veggies. Add the ground fresh spice paste.
  • Add 1 cup of water to the blender jar, wash and add that water to the pressure cooker. Water should be submerging all the veggies and dal.
  • Add salt to this, mix well. Close the cooker and pressure cook it for 4-5 whistles.
  • Once done, let the pressure fall on its own. Once ready, open the cooker.
  • Mash it roughly with a potato masher or back of the ladle. Check the consistency of the dal.
  • If too runny, take it to the stove, let it simmer for 10-15 minutes. If too thick, add ½ cup warm water and take it to the stove and let it simmer for 5-8 minutes.
  • Lets do the tempering. In a tadka pan, heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, crackle cumin, add chopped green chilies, hing, curry leaves powder and methi seeds.
  • Pour this sizzling tempering over the dal. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and take it off the stove.
  • Serve the dal with rice and roti.

Storage Instructions

  • Any leftover dal can be refrigerated for 3 days in an air-tight container. While serving, remove the amount of dal you will consume for that time, reheat it in the microwave and serve hot.

Notes

  • The original recipe uses 1 teaspoon of poppy seeds or khus khus in the spice paste. Since it is banned in my country, i have skipped it. 
  • Since fresh turmeric is in season, i have used it in the recipe. You can replace it with turmeric powder as mentioned. 
  • You can also add other veggies like carrot, green peas, potato and beans to the dal. 

Nutrition

Calories: 212kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 658mg | Potassium: 495mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1869IU | Vitamin C: 77mg | Calcium: 83mg | Iron: 3mg

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Kali Dal and Tomato Chawtni from Nagaland https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/kali-dal-and-tomato-chawtni-fro/ https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/kali-dal-and-tomato-chawtni-fro/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:28:00 +0000 http://www.icampinmykitchen.com/2014/04/kali-dal-and-tomato-chawtni-fro.html Nagaland, the far north-eastern part of India. Coming to their cuisine, it is not for the faint-heart. yes, people of Nagaland, respect everything as food. They eat worms, insects, pigs, fowl, and very famous for dog meat. Oh yes, they don't feel bad about it, it is part of their culture, so they eat. A Naga […]

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Nagaland, the far north-eastern part of India. Coming to their cuisine, it is not for the faint-heart. yes, people of Nagaland, respect everything as food. They eat worms, insects, pigs, fowl, and very famous for dog meat. Oh yes, they don't feel bad about it, it is part of their culture, so they eat. A Naga kitchen is never put off, meaning the kitchen fire is never put off, something or the other keeps cooking, or atleast fresh meat will be hung high above the stove for drying.(source Flavors of india youtube video).
While wandering on the Net, for a veg recipe from this tribal cuisine, which is almost next to impossible, i came across this travel blog  The Wanderers Blog, where the writer has traveled around the Seven sister states and spent a whopping 3 days in Nagaland alone, meeting the Naga chiefs, tasting their cuisine and culture. It gave a good insight into their culture. If you are intersted to read about their travel, here is the link.  
Coming to today's recipe, i found this kali dal/Black lentils cooked with chicken here, so i made it without the chicken and Tomato Chutney,i found it here. Naga Chili chutney is so famous, called the Raja Mirchi/Bhut Jholakia - the worlds spiciest chilli . Bhut Jholakia grown in Upper Assam and Nagaland is much spicier than that found in Guwahati. The easiest way that these chillies are consumed are by drying them in the sun for an hour or so, then they are sliced and immersed in mustard oil. The jar is kept in the sun for a week and the pickle is then enjoyed year long. It is said that, it tastes fieriest as such, but when paired with rice or any of their bland meat dishes,you won't require a fire engine to douse the heat!!!

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Kali Dal
Ingredients, 
¼ Cup Kali Dal/Split urad dal (with skin)
½ teaspoon shredded ginger
2 nos green chilies,slited lengthwise
a pinch of baking soda
Salt to taste

Tempering
¼ teaspoon mustard oil
a small bayleaf
1 red chili
Method
  • Soak the dal for 30 minutes,drain and keep aside. Take a pan, add twice the amount of water, bring it to a boil. Add the soaked dal, green chilies and a pinch of baking soda to this.
  • Cover and cook until the dal is cooked completely, but not mushy. For this amount, it took almost 30 minutes, in a low flame. 
  • Remove the cover and cook until the liquid is almost absorbed. Transfer it to another bowl. Heat a tadka/tempering pan, add mustard oil, bay leaf, red chili and panch phoran.When the seeds crackle, pour the tempering on the dal and garnish with shredded ginger. Serve it along steaming hot rice.

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Tomato Chawtni 
Ingredients
1 Large Tomatoe, Chopped
2 Green chillies slit 
3 cloves of Garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon shredded  Ginger
fistful of fresh coriander 
Salt to taste
Method
  • Take all the ingredients in  a pan, add 1 cup of water to this and cook until, the tomatoes are mushy and the dish holds no shape. Mash it well with a potato masher or back of a laddle.
  •  Transfer it to a bowl and serve with Rice and Dal.
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Gujarati Dal |How to make Gujarati style dal https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/gujarati-dal/ https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/gujarati-dal/#comments Sun, 17 May 2020 10:49:00 +0000 http://www.icampinmykitchen.com/2011/02/gujrati-dal-from-sukham-ayu-icc-january.html Gujarati dal, a traditional recipe, tuvar dal/pigeon peas cooked with sweet, spicy and tangy flavors, a perfect accompaniment with rice/roti. Dal is an absolute favorite of Indian household, and mine is no different. My elder one, is a happy kid, if i serve him Rice & Dal everyday. With the varieties of dal available in […]

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Gujarati dal, a traditional recipe, tuvar dal/pigeon peas cooked with sweet, spicy and tangy flavors, a perfect accompaniment with rice/roti.

Dal is an absolute favorite of Indian household, and mine is no different. My elder one, is a happy kid, if i serve him Rice & Dal everyday. With the varieties of dal available in Indian cuisine, you can make a different dal recipe everyday without repeating it.

Check this delicious Chana dal, simple recipe of gram dal cooked and tempered with spices. Dal Lucknowi, called the nawabi dal for its richness that comes from the milk.

Gujarati dal

This tuvar dal recipe is inspired from Sukham Ayu cookbook by Jigyasa Giri & Pratibha Jain. I haven't followed the recipe exactly, have kept the flavor profile the same.

The cookbook is a treasure of Indian recipes. It has lots of information about ayurveda. It talks about the health benefits of cooking the traditional way. My favorite section in the book, is the variety of soups.

How to serve the dal?

Gujarati dal has a perfect consistency, not too thick nor thin. It pairs perfectly with rice or with roti/phulkas. I would recommend serving this gujarati dal with steaming hot rice, dry subzi and some pickle for a comforting meal.

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Gujarati Dal

Gujarati dal, a traditional recipe of tuvar dal/pigeon peas with sweet, spicy and tangy flavors, a perfect accompaniment with rice/roti.
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Gujarati dal recipe, How to cook mashed toor dal, How to make dal for lunch, Indian dal recipe, Khatti meeti dal recipe, Rice accompaniment recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 4
Calories

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 cup split red gram/pigeon peas tuvar dal
  • 4-5 pieces dry soft kokum/tamarind pulp i have used tamarind pulp
  • 4-5 pieces drumstick
  • 4-5 pieces elephant yam i didnt use
  • 1 tbsp groundnut
  • ½ teaspoon red chili powder see notes
  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder
  • ¼ tsp garam masala powder
  • 1 tablespoon jaggery or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • fresh coriander leaves for garnish
  • fresh ginger julienes for garnish

Tempering

  • 2 tsp ghee/oil
  • ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds/ kadugu
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds/ jeera
  • ¼ teaspoon fenugreek seeds
  • 4-5 nos red chilies
  • 2 nos green cardamom
  • 2 nis clove
  • 1 bay leaf

Instructions

  • Wash and soak tuvar dal for 20 minutes. Pressure cook it with turmeric powder, adding twice the amount of water until soft. Keep aside until use.
  • When the dal is cooking, prepare the vegetables you are using for the dal. I had only drumstick, you can add mixed vegetables too. Soak the tamarind in ¼ cup water and extract juice.
  • Heat a kadai with oil given under tempering, splutter mustard seeds,add hing, cumin seeds, fenugreek, cardamom, cloves and bay leaf.
  • Next add the drumstick to the tempering and the tamarind extract. Cover and cook for 15 minutes until the drumstick is a half cooked.
  • To this add the cooked toor dal, 1 cup water, groundnuts, red chili and coriander powder and salt. I have equal amounts of red chilies and coriander seeds pulsed together, i have used this in the recipe
  • Let the dal come to a boil and the drumsticks get fully cooked. This might take around another 15- 20 minutes. Once the vegetables are done. Add jaggery to the dal.
  • After 2-3 minutes, garnish with fresh coriander leaves, ginger juliennes, garam masala and take it off the heat.
  • Serve the dal with steaming hot rice for a comforting meal

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Notes

  • This gujarati dal can be made with vegetables or without vegetables. i had some drumsticks in my fridge, so used the same in the recipe.
  • The recipe  inspired from the Sukham Ayu Cookbook. Though i havent followed the recipe to the T, i have kept the flavor profile similar.
  • The original recipe uses green chilies, since i was making for my kiddos lunch i omitted green chilies and have used ½ teaspoon red chili powder instead.
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I served this dal with jeera milagu rasam, cabbage-carrot subzi and vegetable saagu.

Indian thali with dal, rice

If you are looking for interesting Gujarati dishes, check the list below

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Khatti meeti dal

More Dal Recipes

  • Langarwali dal, served in gurudwara's langar
  • Cholar dal, a bengali style chana dal, cooked with whole spices
  • Lachko, pressure cooked toor dal mashed and tempered with spices

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Mixed Vegetable Dal https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/veggie-da/ https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/veggie-da/#comments Sun, 23 Feb 2020 02:46:00 +0000 http://www.icampinmykitchen.com/2010/02/veggie-da.html Mixed vegetable dal, a simple, everyday meal that can be served for lunch/dinner. Dal is an everyday dish in many Indian homes. It is one of the easiest way to include protein into our diet. For a vegetarian, it is one of the main protein source. Apart from the nutrient part, it is one of […]

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Mixed vegetable dal, a simple, everyday meal that can be served for lunch/dinner. Dal is an everyday dish in many Indian homes. It is one of the easiest way to include protein into our diet. For a vegetarian, it is one of the main protein source.

Apart from the nutrient part, it is one of the easiest dishes to make in your kitchen. With the variety of dals available in Indian cuisine, we can make a dal dish everyday, and not repeat the lentils used.

Mixed vegetable dal

I include variety of dals in my kitchen, Masoor dal, Chana dal, Moong dal, Chilke wali moong, Whole masoor dal, Whole moong, tuvar dal and the list goes on.

I like to mix and match dals whenever possible, particularly moong and masoor dal as they give a nice aroma and also the required creaminess to the final dish.

Vegetables used in the recipe

Today's recipe is a combined dal recipe with some mixed vegetables. I have used potato, carrots, cauliflower along with equal amounts of masoor and moong dal.

This dal recipe is my kids favorite. Whenever i don't have mood to cook an elaborate meal, i just make them this dal and serve it with rice. My elder one loves this dal and can eat it with almost everything , rice, roti even idly/dosa.

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Mixed Vegetables dal

Masoor dal and moong dal pressure cooked with mixed vegetables. Serve it with steaming hot rice for a complete meal.
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Dal tadka, How to make dal for lunch, Indian dal recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Calories

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup Masoor dal/Split red lentil
  • ¼ cup Moong dal/split green gram
  • 2 cups mixed vegetables i have used potato, carrot, cauliflower, green beans
  • 1 clove garlic optional, avoid if making sathvik food
  • 1 medium sized tomato chopped roughly
  • 1 heaped tsp homemade sambar powder
  • 2-3 tablespoon freshly grated coconut
  • ½ - ¾ teaspoon salt or to taste
  • Fresh coriander leaves for garnish

Tempering

  • 1 tablespoon oil vegetable/coconut/gingely oil
  • ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds/kadugu
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds/jeera
  • teaspoon hing/asafoetida
  • 2 nos red chilies i have used round variety
  • a sprig of curry leaf

Instructions

  • Measure masoor dal and moong dal and wash it once under running water and soak it water for 10 minutes.
    Mixed dal
  • While the dal is soaking, wash and cut all the said vegetables, i have used potato, beans, cauliflower and carrot. chop the tomatoes and mince the garlic
  • Heat a pressure cooker with oil given under tempering, splutter mustard seeds, crackle cumin, add curry leaves, hing and red chilies
  • Next add the chopped tomatoes and minced garlic. Saute for a minute. Next dump all the chopped veggies and saute for another minute.
  • Drain the dal and add it to the veggies and mix well. Add 3 cups of water, followed by sambar powder, turmeric powder, and salt. Mix well
  • Next add freshly grated coconut. Adding coconut is optional, but it gives a rich taste to the dal.
  • Close the pressure cooker and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles. Let the pressure release on its own. Open the cooker, mix well, check the consistency of the dal.
  • If you find it is too thick, add ¼ cup warm water and mix well or serve as such with steaming hot rice. This mixed vegetable dal can also be served with roti.

I served the above mixed vegetable dal with rice and dal lucknowi as a soup for a weekday lunch, a simple, yet comforting meal.

Try this simple, mixed vegetable dal and serve it with rice/roti, or even both. While serving with rice, add a generous drizzle of ghee for a divine taste.

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Lachko Dal - Mashed Toor dal/Pigeon peas https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/lachko-day-7-blogging-marathon12/ https://www.icampinmykitchen.com/lachko-day-7-blogging-marathon12/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.icampinmykitchen.com/2012/01/lachko-day-7-blogging-marathon12.html Lachko, i love how the name sounds. It's a gujarati dish, simple dal, served with a drizzle of ghee, adding a tadka of mustad and cumin gives the dish a new texture and taste. Though lachko, is a gujarati dish, we have a similar dish in tamil cuisine too. Mashed tuvar dal is a daily […]

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Lachko, i love how the name sounds. It's a gujarati dish, simple dal, served with a drizzle of ghee, adding a tadka of mustad and cumin gives the dish a new texture and taste.

Lachko dal, toor dal

Though lachko, is a gujarati dish, we have a similar dish in tamil cuisine too. Mashed tuvar dal is a daily menu at many south-indian homes. If the house has a toddler, rice and mashed toor dal with rasam and ghee is the daily meal of the child, whether he/she likes it or not.

When there is a function or festival at home, it is the first dish with which we start our feast after the sweet . Rice and mashed toor dal with a generous drizzle of ghee, is considered to be auspicious.

There is a popular proverb in Tamil பருபில்லத கல்யாணமா/Parupilladhaa kalyanama? meaning is there a marriage without dal, the dal here means the mashed toor dal served on the banana leaf next to rice.

How to make Lachko dal

Wash toor dal, pressure cook it until soft and serve with or with tempering. Adding tadka to the lachko dal, oomph the flavor of the dish. The tadka adds so much depth to the simple dal. The spices takes the simple toor dal to another level. Serve it with steaming hot rice for a comforting meal.

Mashed toor dal, Dal tadka

What can you serve with this simple dal.

Serve lackho dal, as such with steaming hot rice, for a simple meal. Adding some rasam or a dry subzi, will make it a complete meal. You can also add some fried papad to this and some pickle.

Here is the video on how to make Chana dal/split chickpeas dal
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Lachko dal, Mashed toor dal

Lachko dal, pressure cooked toor dal, mashed and tempered with spices. Makes a delicious accompaniment with rice,
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Keyword How to cook mashed toor dal, How to make dal for lunch, Indian dal recipe, Toor dal
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Tuvar dal/toor dal/Tuvaram paruppu
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ½-¾ teaspoon salt or to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon hing/asafoetida
  • Fresh coriander leaves for garnish

Tempering

  • 2-3 tablespoon ghee/clarified butter use vegatable oil for vegan version
  • ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds
  • ¼ tsp cumin seeds/jeera
  • 2 nos red chilies, broken into two i have used long variety
  • a sprig of curry leaf

Instructions

  • Wash the dal twice with water. Add twice the amount of water and let it soak for 15 minutes.
  • Pressure cook the dal until soft. I usually cook it for 4-5 whistles so it becomes soft and easily mashable with a potato masher or back of the ladle.
  • Let the pressure release on its own. Mash the dal well. Next step is tempering, though the step is optional, i would definitely recommend it.
  • Heat a tadka/tempering pan with ghee/oil. When its hot, splutter mustard seeds, add cumin and chilies along with hing and curry leaves. Pour this sizzling tadka over the dal.
  • Garnish the dal with fresh coriander leaves and serve it with steaming hot rice for a warm comforting meal.
How i served this lachko dal

The day i made this delicious dal, i served with quinoa, paruppu/dal rasam and some mixed vegetable saagu.

Simple Indian thali meal with quinoa, lachko dal, parupou/dal rasam and mixed vegetable saagu
Note: Post edited and republished on Feb 2020

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Dal, the ultimate comfort food for every Indian. My kids are happy with steaming hot rice and a pot of dal.  Every family has its own way of making dal, a small change in the seasoning used or the masala added, makes lot of difference.

I sometimes mix and match dals, use half of masoor dal and moong dal or use toor dal along with this, but the method remains the same. The seasoning and masala changes if i use tuvar dal, will share the recipe here soon.
I use my trusty pressure cooker for making dal. Dump everything together, whistle!!! Then finally do the tadka. A fool-proof method i follow every-time. 
But there are times, when i pre-cook dal and refrigerate or have some extra dal stored after making a dish, those times, i use this stove-top method. Since the dal is already cooked, all we have to do is cook the veggies, which takes hardly 10-15 minutes. I always stock, 2 or 3 ziploc of precut mixed veggies in my freezer for lazy days. So, with a bit of planning cooking becomes easy.

Most of us have a 3 or 4 burner gas stove these days, Cooking  rice in one, dal in the other, in 30 minutes you can serve a scrumptious meal. When i say this, some of my friends, tease me saying "nothing is difficult for me", but seriously cooking isn't rocket science, just think in your head, and do with your heart!


Ingredients
¾ Cup Masoor Dal
1 cup mixed vegetables (i have used 1 potato, ½ a carrot, handful of cauliflower florets, handful of ashgourd)
1 green Chilli, chopped
1 tomato,chopped
1 teaspoon red chili powder
1 teaspoon coriander powder
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
3 tablespoon freshly grated coconut (optional)
½ teaspoon freshly grated ginger
Salt to taste

Tempering
1 tablespoon Oil/ghee
½ teaspoon mustard seeds
¼ teaspoon cumin seeds
1 garlic minced (optional)
hing a pinch
Curry leaves a few

Method (Stove-top method)

  • Wash dal and Pressure cook it with 2 cups of water and a pinch of turmeric for 3 whistles.  Let the pressure fall on its own. Remove the dal and set aside until use. Dal can be cooked the night before and refrigerated, to ease cooking the next day morning.
  • While the dal is cooking, prepare the vegetables. In a large saucepan, heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, garlic, hing and curry leaves. Next add cumin. After adding cumin, immediately add tomatoes and green chili. Saute the tomatoes for 2 minutes.
  • Now add all the chopped veggies, saute for a minute. Next add red chili, coriander and turmeric powder. Add ½ cup of water, mix well. Cover and cook for 10-12  minutes for the vegetables to cook.
  • After the said time, remove cover, add salt, fresh coconut and mix. Now add the cooked dal to this. Add another ½ cup of water, mix well. Let this come to a boil and cook for another 8-10 minutes for the flavors to mingle well.
  • Check the consistency of dal, if you feel it is thick, add another ¼ cup of water and boil for 2 minutes. Finally add ginger and  garnish with coriander leaves and remove from heat. 
  • Serve warm along with rice and a generous drizzle of ghee. I paired it along with capsicum zunka for a scrumptious meal.

Using Pressure cooker

  • Take dal, vegetables, coconut, together in a Pressure Cooker. Add 3 cups of water to it. Add red chili, turmeric and coriander powder and mix well. Pressure cook  for 3-4 whistles. Let the pressure release on its own.
  • once the pressure releases, open the cooker and check the consistency of the dal, if it is too thick, add 1/ 2 cup of water and mix well. If you feel it is too runny, let it simmer for 10-12 minutes.
  • Now for the tadka, Heat oil/ghee in a kadai, Splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds, add hing and curry leaves.
  • Add garlic, ginger and green chilies, let it sizzle,  pour the sizzling tadka over the dal.
  • Remove from stove, garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve Hot with Rice or  Idly/Dosa/Chapathi

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