Daal with Eggplant

These days are really going fast & I hardly find time to post my recipes. There are so may things I want to share. Now just waiting for February, hope to get some free time then.

Here is one of my favorite dish - Begun diye Muger Daal (Sona moong daal with Eggplant). I first had this in my Boromami's house. My Boromami, Geeta Sengupta, a housemaker, a very good cook, always tries to prepare the same daily food in a different tasty way. I miss her food, here is one for her.

Ingredients:
1 Eggplant
1/2 cup sona moong daal
1/2 tspn turmeric powder
1 tbspn oil
1/2 tspn cumin seeds
1/2 tspn grated ginger
1 bay leaf
1/2 tspn ghee

2 cups of water
Salt to taste

sugar

Recipe:
1. Cut eggplant into medium pieces. Heat oil in a kadai & shallow fry the eggplant pieces.

2. Pressure cook the daal with 2 cups of water, salt and turmeric powder until done. Wait for 10 minutes for the pressure to release.

3. Heat the oil in the pan, add cumin seeds and allow to pop-up.

4. Add the ginger and bay leaf, stir for a minute.

5. Add the ghee and pour the daal over it & cook on high heat. If required you can add more water. When bubble starts to appear, add the fried eggplants. Add sugar & salt (if salt is required). Cook on low heat for 5-7 mins.

Luchi & Split Peas with Spinach-Tomato

The weekends are always pleasant, not because of so much free time for cooking but also for experimenting without worrying about the taste. As you have so  much time you can always prepare something else, if your experiment goes wrong :p

I did some experiment with Luchi\Poori. And we had the successful outcome with this Daal with a toouch of spinach. What to say, it was a lovely beginning of the Sunday morning.

Here is the recipe which is very simple. Hope you enjoy it!

The Luchi

Ingredients:

Maida - 400 gms.

Spinach - 1 cup, very finely chopped, boiled & mashed, don't make paste

Tomato - 1 cup, very finely chopped, boiled & mashed, don't make paste

Sugar

Salt - to taste

Oil to fry.

Method:

1. Sieve the maida well with salt, sugar and place in a flat dish.

2. Make a bay in the center and put a little of oil for leavening.

3. Add smashed spinach & tomato. Add cold water and make a stiff dough.

4. Make roundels of 15 gms and form dough.

5. Roll out on an oily surface into thin discs. 

6. Briskly fry in smoking oil till puffed up and turn over. 

7. Serve hot.

Motor Daal\Yellow Split Peas

Ingredients:

1 tbsp – Oil/ghee

1 cup – Yellow split peas (matar)

1 No – Onion

1/4 tsp – Cumin seeds

1/4 tsp – Turmeric

1/4 tsp – Ginger grated

1/4 tsp – Green chillies chopped

1 tsp – Coriander powder

1 cup – Spinach chopped

Salt to taste

Method: 

1. Clean and wash the dal properly. Soak it overnight in water.

2. Add 2-2.5 cups of water in it and steam in a pressure cooker for 7-10 mins on a high flame. Then turn too a low fame and cook till done (another 5-7 mins).

3. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. When they crackle, add ginger, chillies and onion and cook till deep pink. Add chopped spinach.

4. Add the masalas, salt and stir for a minute. Lower the flame

5. Add the dal and bring to a boil. Serve hot with Luchi.

Linking to:HFFHK - Combo meals for kids @ Nithu's Kitchen & Nivedhanam