Moong Dal
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Anyone who is a regular to the van would have had the moong dal hard sell from Jack! Easily one of our most regularly recommended products if customers are looking for something new to try. You can’t go wrong with adding moong dahl as a side dish to your regular curry night! Here’s Jacks go to recipe.
You’ll need a saucepan and a blender if you want but not necessary.
Serves approx 2
Ingredients (when in italics available from Incredible Bulk)
200g Moong Dal (£1.00 )
2 garlic bulbs chopped
Thumb of ginger chopped
Tablespoon of cumin seed (approx 15p)
Chilli sliced or flakes (approx 20p)
Vegetables - for example shaved carrot / chard / spinach / cherry tomatoes halved (2 types of vegetables is often enough)
Total cost from Incredible Bulk approx £1.35
Method:
Rinse moong dal before adding to a pan and covering with water. Bring to boil then simmer for around 20 mins. Keep stirring so the bottom doesn’t catch.
When your moong has been cooking for around 5 mins start your spice mix by adding cumin seed to a frying pan and toast until you can smell the flavour. After 2/3 mins add garlic and ginger and then add chilli after another 2 minutes and cook until soft.
Transfer half of spice mix to moong dal.
Leave other half in the pan and add the vegetables.
Stir in spice mix to dal pan and then take half of the moong dal mix out of the pan and blitz in a blender for 15 seconds adding back into original dal pan. (This stage is not necessary if you are short on time/don’t have a blender).
Cook the veg / spice mix for a few minutes and add to the dal pan.
Stir well and serve when other dishes are ready.
Zero Waste Tips
Look for vegetables not in plastic packaging and this is a great recipe to use up left over vegetables.
Any leftovers can be saved for future meals or added to soups.