Ingredients

• 1/2 cup - moong dal
• 1 cup - coconut, freshly grated
• 1 tsp - red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp - turmeric powder
• 6 cloves - garlic
• Curry leaves - a few
• Mustard seeds - a few
• 2 - red chillies

How to Make Coconut Moong Dal

• Dry roast moong dal and till it is pink in colour.
• Then, cook the dal till soft.
• Meanwhile, grind the coconut, garlic, red chilli powder and turmeric powder together.
• After the dal is cooked, remove it from the flame and add the ground mixture to it with salt and keep it aside.
• Take a pan, add oil and then add the mustard seeds.
• Once it starts spluttering, add the 2 red chillies and curry leaves to it and then the dal mixture.
• Warm the dal but do not boil
• Serve it with hot rice and papad.