Paneeri Moong Daal

Paneeri Moong Dal is my own recipe, the need to prepare the same came due to reluctance of my kid to take dal. He threw all tantrums and use all his baby tricks and try to avoid dal. Then I thought why not do some variation in Dal so that he loves it. This recipe came out of this thought and believe me everyone who has tasted Paneeri Moong Dal has become fan of it. It has rich creamy texture of Paneer and goodness of moong dal.

Paneer is full of calcium and protein and Moong is rich in Protein, fibers, vitamins and minerals. This dish is heavenly in taste and full of nutrition

Ingredients:

1. Green Moong Beans (Hari Moong Daal): 1 Cup
2. Yellow Moong pulse (Peeli Moong Daal): 2 Spoon
3. Paneer: 4 to 5 cubes
4. Cooking Cream: 150 gram
5. Onion: 1 medium sized chopped
6. Tomato: 1 big sized
7. Garlic : 4 pods
8. Ginger: 1 inches piece
9. Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
10. Red Chilli powder: 1 tsp
11. Dry Red Chilli: 1
12. Dry Mango powder(Amchur):1tsp
13. Garam Masala Powder: 1 tsp
14. Asafoetida( Heeng): 1 tsp                            
15. Cumin Seeds: 1 tsp
16. Ajwain: 1 tsp
17. Ghee: 4 to 5 spoon
18. Salt: As per taste
19. Water: As required
20. Coriander leaves: for garnish
21. Butter: 1 tsp (Optional)

Method of Preparation

1. Take a bowl, put green Moong beans and yellow Moong beans wash it and soak it at least 3 hours,preferably overnight.
2. Boil this soaked beans in pressure cooker up to 2 whistles or until cook.
3. Take tomato, garlic and ginger on grinder jar and make a fine paste grinding it.
4. Take a pan, heat it, put ghee, cumin seeds, ajwain, dry red Chilli, asafoetida and let it be sizzled.
5. Add onion in oil and saute it. Add few pinch salt and cook it. It take 2 to 3 minutes to cook on medium flame.
6. Now add tomato garlic ginger paste and mix with onion and cook it until whole mixture become little dry.Add turmeric powder, Red Chilli powder, garam masala powder, Amchur and mix it properly.

7.  Add cooking Cream and cook it for 2 to 3 minutes.

8.   Add boiled Moong beans and stir it.cook it for 2 to 3 minutes on medium flame.
9.   Meanwhile take a another pan and put 1 tsp ghee in it and heat it on low flame.
10.  Cut paneer cubes in small pieces as shown in figure.
11.  Add these paneer pieces into heated ghee and saute it for 2 to 3 minutes on low flame.

12.   Now add these paneer to Moong beans mixture and stir it.
13.   Now add 1 glass of boiled water in pan and cover it for 2 minutes on low flame.
14.   Paneeri Moong Daal is cooked now. Take it out in serving bowl and garnish it with coriander leaves and add butter and serve it.

Tips:

1. You can adjust spice as per your taste.
2. You can adjust quantity of boiled water in moon daal as per greavy consistency required.
3. If you have no cooking Cream home then you can also use malaii taken out from milk. Whisk it before adding in to pan

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