Moringa Leaves Dal recipe is a comforting and an easy one-pot pressure cooker recipe made with yellow split moong lentils, moringa leaves (drumstick leaves), tomatoes , indian spices in the Instant Pot or Stove top.
Other Drumstick/Moringa leaves recipes i make are drumstick leaves paratha ,moringa rice , panniyaram (paddu) , uttapams ,akki rotti (thalipet) ,moringa raita and off-course sambar.
HOW TO MAKE MORINGA LEAVES DAL IN INSTANT POT STEP BY STEP
Firstly wash and de-stem the moringa leaves.
Wash and rinse the dal, keep aside. Press SAUTE on Instant Pot. Add oil and once it’s hot add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Let them crackle.
Add minced garlic, green chilies, curry leaves and saute till the garlic turns golden brown.
Next add shallots or onions and saute for a minute.Then add chopped tomato and cook till tomatoes turn soft.
Add drumstick/moringa leaves ,saute for a minute till the leaves wilt.
Then add water and deglaze the pot to avoid the BURN notice.
Finally add rinsed dal ,turmeric powder, salt and give a stir.
Close the lid on the pot.Set the pot to MANUAL/PRESSURE COOK (High Pressure) and Set Timer to 6 minutes. Once the pot beeps, let the pressure release naturally(NPR) for 10 minutes.
Remove lid away from you, add cilantro and lemon juice. Also adjust consistency of the dal at this point.
Instant Pot Moringa/Drumstick leaves dal is ready and serve hot with boiled rice, quinoa.
STOVETOP PRESSURE COOKER METHOD OF MAKING MORINGA DAL:
Follow the steps from the instant pot instructions.Give 2-3 whistles on medium flame and let the pressure release naturally. All the other steps remain the same.
TIPS & VARIATIONS:
- Choose tender and fresh drumstick leaves for this recipe.
- I have used split yellow moong dal for this recipe but you can use any kind of dal/lentil like toor dal ,masoor dal or mixture of toor ,masoor and moong dal.
- If you are a South Indian and want to make sambar with drumstick leaves ,follow same steps ,instead of dry spices mentioned below add 1.5 tablespoon of sambar powder and some tamarind extract instead of lemon.
- If your moringa lentils/dal is watery, you can turn on the saute mode and cook for another 2-3 minute in the end.
- One wants really soft mashed dal, 8 minutes manual/pressure cook (High Pressure) is probably the ideal setting in manual mode.But I like dals (lentils) to be little firm so I selected 6 minutes Manual/Pressure Cooker (high pressure) option.
MORE LENTILS/BEAN RECIPES
- Dal Tadka – Dal cooked with toor dal (yellow lentils)
- Green Lentil Soup – lentil soup made with green lentils, carrots, celery, red bell pepper and indian spices
- Spinach Dal / Palak Dal – Dhal cooked with spinach leaves
- Whole green moong dal– Dal cooked with whole mung beans
- Panchmel dal – dal prepared with five varieties of lentils
- Spinach Dal / Palak Dal – Dhal cooked with spinach leaves
- Raw Mango Dal – Dal cooked with Raw Mango
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Moringa Leaves Dal Instant pot
Ingredients
Measuring cup used 1 cup = 250ml
- 1/2 cup moong dal (yellow split moong lentils)
- 1 cup tender moringa/drumstick leaves ,tightly packed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin (jeera) seeds
- 2 cloves garlic ,miced
- 1 stalk curry leaves
- 2-3 green chillies
- 8-10 pearl onions /shallots or 1 small onion,finely chopped
- 1 small tomato, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- juice of half lime
- 2 tablespoon cilantro (coriander) leaves
Instructions
INSTANT POT METHOD:
- Wash and rinse the dal, keep aside. Press SAUTE on Instant Pot. Add oil and once it’s hot add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Let them crackle.
- Add minced garlic, green chilies, curry leaves and saute till the garlic turns golden brown.
- Next add shallots or onions and saute for a minute.Then add chopped tomato and cook till tomatoes turn soft.
- Add drumstick/moringa leaves ,saute for a minute till the leaves wilt.
- Then add water and deglaze the pot to avoid the BURN notice.
- Finally add rinsed dal ,turmeric powder, salt and give a stir.
- Close the lid on the pot.Set the pot to MANUAL/PRESSURE COOK (High Pressure) and Set Timer to 6 minutes. Once the pot beeps, let the pressure release naturally(NPR) for 10 minutes.
- Remove lid away from you, add cilantro and lemon juice. Also adjust consistency of the dal at this point.
- Moringa dal is ready and serve hot with boiled rice, quinoa.
STOVE TOP PRESSURE COOKER:
- Follow the steps from the instant pot instructions.Give 2-3 whistles on medium flame and let the pressure release naturally. All the other steps remain the same.
Notes
- Choose tender and fresh drumstick leaves for this recipe.
- I have used split yellow moong dal for this recipe but you can use any kind of dal/lentil like toor dal ,masoor dal or mixture of toor ,masoor and moong dal.
- If you are a South Indian and want to make sambar with drumstick leaves ,follow same steps ,instead of dry spices mentioned below add 1.5 tablespoon of sambar powder and some tamarind extract instead of lemon.
- If your dal is watery, you can turn on the saute mode and cook for another 2-3 minute in the end.
- If one wants really soft mashed dal, 8 minutes manual/pressure cook (High Pressure) is probably the ideal setting in manual mode.But I like dals (lentils) to be little firm so I selected 6 minutes Manual/Pressure Cooker (high pressure) option.
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