Name: Moong Dal/Yellow Lentil chat | How to make Moong Dal/Yellow Lentil chat recipe by Bhawana Singh at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 Cup Moong Dal/Lentil; 1.5 Cup Water; Salt as per taste; 1 Cup Cucumber chopped; 1/4 Cup boiled Potato chopped finely; 2 Medium sized Tomato chopped finely; 1/8 Tsp Red chili powder; 2 Green chili finely chopped; 1 Medium sized Onion chopped finely; 2 tsp Lemon Juice; 2 Tblsp Coriander leaves finely chopped; 1 Tsp Cumin seeds; 2 Tsp Ghee/Oil

ABOUT Moong Dal/Yellow Lentil chat | How to make Moong Dal/Yellow Lentil chat RECIPE

This is the boiled yellow lentil chat recipe. This can be served as a breakfast or snacks. Boiled yellow lentils tempered with cumin seeds and ghee (clarified butter), topped with choppedd onion, tomato and cucumber. drizzled with few lemon drops satiates your taste buds as well as fulfill your nutrition needs. A great recipe taught by my father.

Ingredients Serving: 4

1 Cup Moong Dal/Lentil
1.5 Cup Water
Salt as per taste
1 Cup Cucumber chopped
1/4 Cup boiled Potato chopped finely
2 Medium sized Tomato chopped finely
1/8 Tsp Red chili powder
2 Green chili finely chopped
1 Medium sized Onion chopped finely
2 tsp Lemon Juice
2 Tblsp Coriander leaves finely chopped
1 Tsp Cumin seeds
2 Tsp Ghee/Oil

Instructions

Soak lentils overnight or for at least 2 hours. Boil it with water and add salt to it as per taste. Dal should not be very soft cooked. It is good to boil it in a pan rather than in pressure cooker.
Boil it for around 10 minutes, this will make lentils soft enough to make chat. Drain all the water and cover it with the lid for another 5 minutes. Meantime prepare stuff for garnishing.
Heat oil/ghee in a small vessel and add cumin seeds. When they starts crackling take off the pot from gas.
Serve lentil to a plate and spread this tadka on it. Sprinkle red chili powder & chopped green chili on top of it.
To this add chopped boiled potatos, cucumber and onion. Now add chopped tomatos and coriander leaves. Finally add lemon juice. Moong dal chat is ready to eat now :).

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