Name: Moong Makhani recipe by Sana Tungekar at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 150 grams whole moong; One small onion; 1 tblspn ginger paste; 1/2 tspn crushed garlic; 1 tblspn pure ghee (preferably made at home); Salt to taste; Pinch of turmeric; 1 tspn red chilli powder (kashmiri); 1/2 tspn cumin seeds; 2 tspn cumin- coriander powder (I make at home more of coriander seeds and less cumin); Add water enough to cook well like makhni dal

ABOUT Moong Makhani RECIPE

Yes! The very rich whole green moong is made makhani, cooked in Punjabi style. Just make it my way and you'd love it.

Ingredients Serving: 3

150 grams whole moong
One small onion
1 tblspn ginger paste
1/2 tspn crushed garlic
1 tblspn pure ghee (preferably made at home)
Salt to taste
Pinch of turmeric
1 tspn red chilli powder (kashmiri)
1/2 tspn cumin seeds
2 tspn cumin- coriander powder (I make at home more of coriander seeds and less cumin)
Add water enough to cook well like makhni dal

Instructions

Soak moong for 15-20 minutes, clean water 2-3 times and soak
Now chop an onion and keep aside
Now in the soaked moong add salt, turmeric, ginger paste and cumin coriander powder
Add at least 3-4 glasses of water in the pressure cooker and cook 15 min
Do not remove the pressure till it goes itself
Mean while heat pure ghee, add half tspn crushed garlic, cumin seeds.
Add onions to this too to fry for tadka
Open cooker and see that your moong is like soft butter blended well
Remove in serving bowl
On this add the golden brown onions with the red chilli powder
Serve this with roti paratha or zeera rice

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