is when I arrived in Europe, I learned that dill is used as a herb. Earlier, in India, I have always cooked with other vegetables, never alone. We made alliances with dill potatoes, spinach, radishes, lentils, as I did in this recipe or with many other vegetables.
I saw beautiful and big boots in the grocer and as I needed it for another recipe, I had taken two. I had already planned to make this recipe with remaining dill. My family loved it - dill goes well with lentils giving freshness to the dish and the green mango adds a touch of acidity (add tamarind or lemon juice as well). I also added canned tomatoes remained. There are several layers of flavor that follow one after another.
Lenses mung beans with dill
ingredients (1 cup = 250ml)
1 cup lentils, mung beans (moong dal)
1-2 cups of dill, chopped
1 shallot, chopped 1 clove
garlic, minced
3 cm ginger, grated 2 small
green mangoes, diced (or 1 tbsp tamarind soaked in 1 cup hot water to 15m)
1 tsp chilli powder ½ tsp
turmeric
Salt and freshly ground pepper 1 tsp
Ajwain 1 pinch asafetida
1 tbsp oil
½ cup of canned tomatoes (optional) Method
:
Soak lentils in water for 30m (if you have time, otherwise it will just take a little longer to cook).
Heat oil and add the asafoetida and ajwain. Y
brown the shallots, garlic and ginger.
Add tomatoes if you use it.
Put the remaining spices and stir for a few moments and then add the other ingredients.
Add a little water, if necessary, and cook covered for about twenty minutes.
Servir avec du riz ou en accompagnement avec un steak.
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It’s only when I arrived in Europe that I learnt that dill is used as a herb. Earlier, in India, I always cooked it accompanied with other vegetables, never alone. We make alliances like dill with potatoes, spinach, radish, lentils like I did, and many more vegetables.
I saw these beautiful and huge bunches of dill and since I needed some for another recipe, I bought two of them. I had planned to make this recipe with the left over dill. My family loved it – dill goes very well with the lentils giving it a certain freshness and the green mango added a note of acidity (you could also use tamarind or lemon juice). I added some canned tomatoes since I had some on hand to use up. There were several layers of taste that came on one after the other.
Shepu moong dal
Ingredients (1 cup = 250ml)
1 cup of moong dal
1-2 cups of chopped dill
1 shallot
1 clove of garlic, chopped
3 cm of ginger, grated
2 small green mangoes, chopped (or 1tbps of tamarind soaked in 1 cup of hot water for 15m)
1 tsp chilli pd
½ tsp turmeric
Salt and freshly milled pepper
1 tps ajwain
A pinch of asafoetida
1 tbsp oil
½ cup tinned tomatoes (optional)
Method :
Soak the lentils for 30m (if you have the time or else it’ll just take a little longer to cook).
Heat oil and add the asafoetida and ajwain.
Put in the shallot, garlic and ginger and fry to golden then add in the tomatoes, if used.
Put in the remaining spices and a few seconds later, put in the other ingredients.
Add some water, if needed and cook covered for about 20 minutes.
Serve with rice or as to accompany a steak.
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