Aloo Methi Matar Dal | Potato Dal | Lunch Thali #15

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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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• Potato Love
• Today's Aloo Methi Matar Dal
• Why as Dal?
• The Lunch Thali
• How to make Easy Tava Paneer Fry
• Why you should try this Methi Matar Dal?
• Ingredients to Make Quick & Easy Potato Dal
• How to make Aloo Methi Matar Dal
• Aloo Methi Matar Dal | Potato & Spinach Dal | Lunch Thali #15

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.

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

• Steaming hot rice
• Kothamalli thogayal | Coriander mint thogayal
• Curry podi paneer fry (18-20 grams protein)
• Beans curry with coconut
• Aloo Methi Matar dal
• Greek Yogurt (16 grams protein)

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).

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.