Green Moong Dal Recipe - Instant Pot (Green Gram Dal)
Healthy, wholesome, and protein-rich green moong dal (also known as green gram dal) makes a perfect comforting meal when served with rice, roti, or paratha.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup Whole green moong dal (Green gram dal)
- 3 - 4 cups Water (for Instant Pot cooking)
- 2 tablespoons Oil
- 2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon Hing (Asafoetida)
- ¾ cup Red onion (~ 1 medium, chopped)
- 1 inch Ginger
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 1 Green chili (Crush ginger, garlic, chili together)
- 1 cup Tomato (~ 2 medium, chopped)
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon Red chili powder
- 3 teaspoons Cumin-coriander powder (Dhana-jiru)
- 1 ½ teaspoons Salt (or to taste)
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice or Lime juice
- 2 tablespoons Cilantro or coriander leaves (finely chopped)
Instructions
- 1
Wash sabut green moong beans under running cold water until the water runs clear. Or rinse them in a bowl using water 2-3 times or until the water is not cloudy anymore.
- 2
Soak in enough water (1-2 inches of water above the beans) for 4-5 hours. Alternatively, you can skip the soaking step.
- 3
Turn on the instant pot with saute mode. Once hot add oil and cumin seeds. Let the cumin seeds sizzle a bit.
- 4
Add hing and immediately add onion with a little salt. Cook until onion turns soft and translucent.
- 5
Add crushed ginger, garlic, and green chili and saute for a minute or until the raw smell of ginger garlic goes away.
- 6
Add tomato and cook for a minute.
- 7
Add the remaining salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder, and cumin-coriander powder. Mix well.
- 8
Discard the soaking water and add soaked mung beans along with fresh water. Stir well.
- 9
Cover the instant pot with a lid and keep the valve in a sealing position.Soaked Beans: Manual (High Pressure) for 10 minutesNot-Soaked Beans: Manual (High Pressure) for 15 minutes
- 10
Let the pressure go down by itself (NPR - Natural Pressure Release). Once the pin drops open the lid.
- 11
If needed adjust the consistency by adding hot water.
- 12
Lastly, add garam masala, and lemon juice and mix.
- 13
Garnish with chopped fresh cilantro.