Moringa Masoor Dal (Drumstick Leaves Dal)
Moringa contains a plethora of nutrients, vitamins and minerals that have been linked to hair growth. Zinc and Iron are two very important ones. However amino acids, phosphorus, magnesium, protein, or any number of other components of moringa helps in reducing hair loss and encourage new growth.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Pink Masoor Dal (Split)
- 200 grams Drumstick Leaves (Moringa/Murungai Keerai), cleaned chopped
- ¼ tsp Asafoetida (hing)
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- 1 inch Ginger , finely chopped
- 1 Dry Red Chilli
- 1 Tomato , chopped
- 1 Green Chilli , slit
- 2 tsp Coriander Powder (Dhania)
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder (Haldi)
- ½ tsp Red Chilli powder
- To taste Salt
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 1 Lemon, juice extracted
Instructions
- To prepare this recipe, first wash and soak the masoor dal in 3 cups of water for at least 30 minutes. While the dal is soaked clean, wash and pat dry the drumstick leaves.
- Next, finely chop the drumstick leaves. Heat a teaspoon of oil in a wok or a kadai and add the chopped drumstick leaves into the wok. Sprinkle some salt, cover the pan and cook the Moringa leaves until soft and tender.
- It takes about 2 to 3 minutes and not more than that. Once done, turn off the flame and keep the cooked moringa leaves aside.
- In the next step, cook the masoor dal with the spices. Heat ghee in a pressure cooker over medium flame. Add hing and cumin seeds and allow it to crackle.
- Add the chopped tomato, ginger, green chilli along with coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and saute for a minute or so over medium flame.
- Add soaked masoor dal along with the soaked water to the onion tomato mixture. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and put the weight on.
- Cook masoor dal for 3 whistles. After a couple of whistles, turn the flame to low and simmer the dal for about 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, turn off the flame. Allow the pressure to release naturally from the pressure cooker.
- Once the pressure has released, open the cooker and stir in the sautéed moringa leaves, squeeze juice from one lemon and serve.
Notes
Serving Tip: Serve this healthy and delicious dal with phulka or rice.
