Ingredients (serves for 2)
Moong dal / yellow lentils - 1/2 cup (1 cup size = 150ml)
salt - as needed
oil - 2 tsp
cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
chaat masala - 3/4 tsp
onion - 1/2
tomato - 1/2
cucumber (chopped) - 3/4 cup
mango (chopped) - 1/2 cup
green chili - 1
coriander leaves - few
mint leaves - few
lemon juice - 1/2 tsp
masala peanuts - 4 tsp
sev (om podi ) or kara boondhi - 4 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
asafoetida - a pinch
sugar - 1/4 tsp
Method:
- Soak the moong dal for an hour and cook it in a vessel with 1/2 cup of water. Make sure you don't cook the dal til it get mashed up. The dal should be crunchy. set it aside
- heat a vessel with oil and add cumin seeds, asafoetida and turmeric powder.
- Once it splutters, add the cooked dal, salt, sugar and chaat masala
- saute it for 1 - 2 minutes and then switch off the flame. Transfer this to a bowl
- chop onion, tomato, green chili, coriander leaves and mint leaves
- before serving, mix (onion, tomato, green chili, coriander leaves, mint leaves, mango, cucumber, lemon juice, masala peanuts, om podi ) everything together and add it to the dal mixture.
Note : Dal can be cooked and stored in the fridge on previous day itself. When you are ready to serve add the other ingredients. DO NOT add onion , om podi and peanuts until you're ready to eat. Instead of raw mango , any tart fruit like apple or pineapple can also be used.
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