Shaswati Dal (Lentil) is very regular food item for Indians. There are couple of varieties of dals available in market, and hundreds of ways to prepare them. One amazing recipe with dal is Mixed Vegetable Dal. This dal contains goodness of vitamins along with protein.
Mix Vegetable Dal is mainly made from moong dal or yellow split green gram. Apart from that you can add your favorite vegetables, here I have added mine.
According to my research Mixed Vegetable Dal is belong to Bengali cuisine, but everyone love it. My mother used to make this dal in winter season, when there are a lot of vegetables available in market.
My mother is a great cook, her vegetable dal has a unique taste, which I couldn’t make. I have learnt lots of things from her, and trying to implement them in my cooking journey.
Although we can find each and every vegetables in all over the years, yet there is a huge taste difference. Seasonal veggies have their own taste and smell. Below has the step by step recipe of the dish.
INGREDIENTS
*1cup_250ml, *1tbsp._Tablespoon(15 ml) , *1tsp._Teaspoon(5 ml)
- Moong Dal (Split Green Gram) – 1/2 cup
- Cauliflower (small bunch) – 1/4 cup
- Carrot (chopped) – 1/4 cup
- Green peas – 1/4 cup
- Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup
- Ginger paste – 1 tsp
- Cashew – 10 pieces
- Resin – 10 pieces
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Bay leaves – 1 piece
- Dried red chili – 1 piece
- Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp
- Sugar – 1+1/2 tsp
- Salt – 1/2 tsp
- Water – 2 cup
- Ghee – 1 tbsp.
- Raw garam masala (mention below)
Equipment
- Fry Pan
- Normal Pressure Cooker
Notes
How to make mixed vegetable dal
Step 1: First we need to chop the vegetables according to our requirement. We need small pieces, so chop them in that size. Similarly finely chop the coriander leaves.
Step 2: Take a preheated frypan, add 1/4 cup of moong dal into it. Now dry roast the dal for 2-3 minutes or until getting a smell of it.
Tips: Be careful, Don’t wait to turn its color from yellow to brown or red. Else your dal will be hard, after cooking for long time.
Step 3: Using the same frypan and add ghee into it. When smoke comes out from the ghee, add cumin seeds, bay leaves and one dries red chili. Wait for the spluttering of the cumin seeds.
Step 4: Once done, add cauliflower and fry them for 4-5 minutes on low flame. Keep stirring in between.
Step 5: When the cauliflower gets brown, add chopped carrots into the fry pan. Fry them for another 3-4 minutes.
Step 6: At this point add green peas, cashew, resins and 1 tsp of ginger paste into the fried veggies. Mix them all and roast for another 1-2 minutes.
Step 7: It is time to add the roasted moong dal into it. Here we will add salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder and sugar. Mix them all together.
Step 8: Parallelly take 2 cup of water in a normal pressure cooker and wait for boiling. When water starts boiling add the roasted mixture into it and put the lid on.
Step 9: Cook it up 2 whistle and then switch off the stove. When its pressure is released fully, then put off the lid and add chopped coriander leaves in it. Mix them properly.
Step 10: Finally our delicious and hot Mixed Vegetable Dal is ready to be served. Try this with hot rice and ghee or chapati and paratha.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is mixed vegetable dal good for health?
Yes, Dals have proteins and this proteins are very helpful for our daily diet. Along with this protein benefits, mixed vegetable dal has lots of vegetables. These vegetables are good source of vitamins.
Should dal be soaked before cooking mixed vegetable dal?
I have used Moong dal in my recipe and moong dal should be fried before using it in a recipe. So I have not soaked it before cooking.
How do you soften mixed vegetables?
To soften mixed vegetables, use pinch of salt during the frying time. Even you can fry them with cover. This process will help you to get soften mixed vegetable.
What can be made from mix Dal?
Mix dal is nothing but mixture of some dals. In this dal we have equal ratio of Urad dal, Toor dal, Moong dal, Chana Dal and Masoor dal. I will come up with recipes with mix dal soon. Stay tuned with Recipeonplate.com
This was one of my regular recipe. Tried your method. Its better. Thanks for the recipe.
you are welcome
Glad you liked.