Recipe- Healthy And Nutritious Green Moong Dal Soup

Green moong dal soup is a healthy, nutritious soup made using whole green gram / sabut green moong dal. This is a vegan, diabetic-friendly, heart-friendly, nutritious, protein-packed recipe.

This is an Indian-style lentil soup recipe that is tempered with cumin seeds. It is also known as dal soup or dhal soup.

Dal/lentils are a staple food in India. Dal is prepared almost every day for meals and served along with rice or roti. Dal is considered to be the main source of protein for many vegetarians.

Ingredients

2 cups Whole Green Moong Lentils / Dal
1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
1/2 teaspoon Hing (Asafoetida)
1 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder (Freshly crushed taste best)
Salt to taste
Lemon Juice as per taste
Water to adjust the consistency of the soup
1/2 teaspoon Oil for tempering
Coriander leaves finely chopped (to garnish)

Method

- To make this nutritious soup the first thing to do is to soak the green gram lentils / moong dal for about 8 hours or overnight.

- So, in a deep bowl or saucepan, add green moong lentils and 4 cups of water. Cover the pan/bowl and let the moong lentils soak for 8 hours or overnight.

- These moong lentils double in size when soaked hence use a big pan or bowl to soak the lentils.

- Once soaked, drain the water and rinse the lentil under running tap water.

- Pressure cook the moong dal using 3 cups water for 4-5 whistles. Allow the steam to escape naturally before opening the cooker lid.

- Cool this dal to lukewarm or room temperature. Add the cooked moong lentil in the blender along with the water in which it was cooked and blend to a very fine paste.

- Transfer this blended lentil paste into a saucepan. Add water as per the soup consistency you require.

- Add one teaspoon of black pepper powder along with salt and hing (asafoetida). Mix well.

- Keep on stirring the soup as it tends to stick to the bottom of the pan. Using laded try and remove white foam that comes on top.

- Meanwhile, let’s make tadka / tempering. In a tadka pan heat half teaspoon of oil. Add 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds and let them sizzle till golden brown.

- Pour this tempering over the soup and mix. Cook on a medium flame for 5 minutes stirring occasionally.

- Green moong dal soup/lentil soup is ready to serve.

- Garnish moong dal soup / lentil soup with finely chopped coriander and squeeze lemon juice while serving.