Green Moong Dal with Coconut milk in Instant pot
Green Moong Dal with Coconut Milk is a creamy and utterly delicious green gram curry cooked with in 30 minutes in an Instant Pot. This green moong dal mildly flavoured with coconut milk and spices makes a perfect wholesome meal when served with jeera rice or roti.
Servings: 4
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
TO cook it in a pressure cooker:
Follow the same procedure to cook it in a pressure cooker. Pressure Cook the dal for 4-5 whistles.
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