Gujarati Moong Dal

Directions

1. 1
   Rinse yellow moong dal and urad dal (if using) in a fine sieve under running water until water turns clear.
2. 2
   Transfer it to a pot and fill it with almost 2 cups of water.
3. 3
   At this point you can either boil the dal in pressure cooker or pot.
4. 4
   Cook until dal is completely soft and try to make sure that after cooking you are left with almost no water in the dal.
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   Once dal is cooked, keep it aside.
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   Now in a bowl take yogurt and beat until smooth without any lumps.
7. 7
   Transfer it to the cooked pot of dal and add salt and turmeric powder.
8. 8
   Mix until everything is combined.
9. 9
   Now if you have used a thick whole milk yogurt, dal is going to be thick so I I usually add about ½ cup water also at this point and mix everything nicely.
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    Now for the tempering part. Take a small deep pot and add oil. Once hot add mustard seeds and cover immediately or the seeds will pop out everywhere! Make sure once the seeds start popping, you lower the gas.
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    Once the popping stops, add curry leaves, green chili paste, garlic paste and ginger paste and cook for few seconds until raw smell goes away.
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    Add this to yogurt and dal mix.
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    Mix everything and taste.
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    Add few drops of lime juice & adjust salt or anything else as per your taste.
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    Now heat it up on low gas so yogurt doesn't curdle. THIS IS IMPORTANT cause if you decide to warm up your dal on high flame make sure to constantly stir it or yogurt will curdle.
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    Enjoy with freshly made bhakri or store bought naan or steamed rice.