By Green Moong Dal with Coconut Milk is a creamy and utterly delicious green gram curry cooked with in 30 minutes in an Instant Pot or pressure cooker. This Instant pot green moong dal is mild and beautifully flavoured with coconut milk and spices making it a perfect wholesome meal when served with jeera rice or roti.
I got onto the instant pot wagon quite late but finally I am in. So here is my second Instant pot recipe for you guys. Bhuni khichdi was the first of the recipes I made in an Instant pot. It is super easy and so yummmm.
Friends who don’t have an Instant pot, you can totally make this in your mighty and trusty pressure cooker. Pressure cooker can do anything, am I not right?
Few months back I had shared a bengali dhaba style green moong dal with egg recipe, which is quite a hit with my followers and why not it is just amazing and spicy and flavourful.
So this time I am on a mission to prepare something yummy and tasty for my non-eggetarian friends. Hence this green gram curry with coconut milk, which ticks all the right spots. It is deliciously creamy and flavoured with coconut milk and spices. And the aroma my gosh it is just mind blowing.
What ingredients are used to make Instant pot Green Gram Dal?
- Green gram / whole moong dal
- Onion
- Garlic
- Tomato
- Green Chillies
- Ginger Garlic paste
- Chilli powder
- Turmeric powder
- Cumin powder
- Coriander powder
- Bay leaves
- Cumin seeds
- Dried red chilli
- Hing/ Asofoetida
- Thick Coconut milk
- Garam Masala powder
- Jaggery/sugar/sweetener
- Salt (as per taste)
- Oil/ Ghee
I used Khanum’s pure coconut cream in this curry with gave this dish amazing flavour. I I have tried many brands of coconut milk or cream but this one is one of the best. BTW this is not an ad I genuinely loved this coconut cream and will highly recommend you to try it.
Lets jump to the Green gram dal recipe and see the detailed steps of how to make it.
Here are few dal recipes that you can try.
Bengali Cholar Dal with Coconut
Chana Paneer Madra Himachali recipe
Mulo Diye Matar Dal (Yellow Split Pea dal with Radish)
Bengali Masoor Dal – Bengali Style Red Lentil Dal
Green Moong Dal with Coconut milk in Instant pot
Green Moong Dal with Coconut milk in Instant pot
Equipment
- Instant pot / pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 1 cup Green Gram /Whole moong beans washed and soaked at least for 4 hours or over night
- 1 large Onion chopped
- 1/2 tbsp Garlic chopped chopped
- 1 Tomato chopped
- 2 Green Chillies chopped
- 1 1/2 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- 1 tsp Chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1-2 Dried red chilli
- 1/4 tsp Hing/ Asofoetida
- 1 can Thick Coconut milk
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala powder
- 1 tsp Jaggery/sugar/sweetener
- Salt (as per taste)
- 2 1/2 tbsp Oil/ Ghee
Instructions
- Put the instant pot on saute mode and add ghee/oil in it. Temper it with whole dried red chillies, cumin seeds and hing/asofoetida.
- When the seeds crackle add in the chopped and saute for few seconds. Then toss in the chopped onions and saute until soft and translucent.
- Then add in the ginger-garlic paste and saute for a minute or until the raw smell disappears.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and green chillies and continue sauteing for a minute or two until the tomatoes are soft and mushy.
- Add the chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder along with salt and 2 tbsp of water and continue sauteing for a minute until fragrant.
- Hit the cancel button and add in the drained green gram/whole moong and garam masala in the instant pot and mix it well with the masala. Scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the Instant Pot.
- Add the thick coconut milk, jaggery and garam masala along with 2 cup of hot water and mix it well.
- Now cover and seal the lid – turn the vent to sealing. Press the MANUAL (high pressure) button and set the timer to 10 minutes. It will take about 15 minutes for Instant Pot to come to full pressure, then the display will show a countdown.
- Once the time is up, allow the pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes, then release any remaining pressure.
- Open the lid and stir in the coriander leaves.
- Enjoy it hot with jeera rice or roti.
Notes
I hope you enjoy this delicious Green Gram and Coconut milk curry as much as we do!
You know what guys I would love to see your creations. If you have tried this recipe, just click a pic and tag me @gastronomicbong or #gastronomicbong on Instagram or on Facebook.
Bon Appetit!!!
angiesrecipes
March 16, 2020Yummy and comforting! Is green moong dal same as split peas?