Are you planning on tossing those radish top greens if we get them? Don't do it. They are delicious and have a peppery taste to them. They can be eaten raw or cooked. You can make a pesto out of them or toss in a salad. Click here for the recipe I posted last year for the pesto...Radish Top Pesto (sorry about the photo, I'm not sure what I was thinking!).Today I will post a recipe for a radish green dal. A very easy recipe using the greens, lentils and curry.
Ingredients:
Instructions:
Wash the radish leaves thoroughly. Then finely chop the washed leaves and set aside.
Wash moong dal. Pressure cook the dal with 1-1/2 cups water along with salt and turmeric powder for 2-3 whistles.
Once the pressure gets released, mash the cooked dal slightly.
Meanwhile, finely chop onions and tomatoes. Slit the green chillies lengthwise.
Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. When mustard seeds splutter, add cumin seeds.
When cumin seeds start to crackle and slightly change color, add in the chopped onions, chopped ginger, slit green chillies and curry leaves.
Saute till onions turn light brown in color.Then add in the chopped tomatoes and fry for a minute.
Add the chopped radish leaves and salt.
Cover with a lid and cook on medium low flame for 2 minutes.
Now add the cooked dal along with 1/2 cup water.
Let the dal cook on a medium low flame for 4-5 minute or until the gravy reaches desired consistency. Remove from heat.
Radish greens dal is ready to be served hot with rice or rotis.
Radish Greens Dal / Mullangi Keerai Kootu
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Ingredients:
- 2 cups chopped radish leaves
- 1/2 cup moong dal / split yellow lentils / pasi paruppu
- 1 small onion
- 1 small tomato
- 2 green chillies
- 1/2 tsp finely chopped ginger
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds / jeera
- A few curry leaves ( optional )
- 1 tbsp oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions:
Wash the radish leaves thoroughly. Then finely chop the washed leaves and set aside.
Wash moong dal. Pressure cook the dal with 1-1/2 cups water along with salt and turmeric powder for 2-3 whistles.
Once the pressure gets released, mash the cooked dal slightly.
Meanwhile, finely chop onions and tomatoes. Slit the green chillies lengthwise.
Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. When mustard seeds splutter, add cumin seeds.
When cumin seeds start to crackle and slightly change color, add in the chopped onions, chopped ginger, slit green chillies and curry leaves.
Saute till onions turn light brown in color.Then add in the chopped tomatoes and fry for a minute.
Add the chopped radish leaves and salt.
Cover with a lid and cook on medium low flame for 2 minutes.
Now add the cooked dal along with 1/2 cup water.
Let the dal cook on a medium low flame for 4-5 minute or until the gravy reaches desired consistency. Remove from heat.
Radish greens dal is ready to be served hot with rice or rotis.
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