MOONG DAL SOUP

MOONG DAL SOUP

½ cup whole moong dal soaked and boiled
3 pips garlic minced
4 small onions smashed
1 tsp tamarind paste in 1 cup of water
1 sprig curry leaves
1 tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp urad dal
2 tsp ghee
Little coriander leaves
Salt to taste

To powder:
1 tsp black pepper
2 dry red chillies
½ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp tumeric powder

Method:
Drain the soup from the boiled moong dal.
Add 2 more cups of water to it.
Add also the tamarind juice and salt to the soup.
Pour it into a pot and let it boil nicely.

In another pan heat the ghee, add in the mustard seeds,
Urad dal, and curry leaves. Let the mustard seeds pop.
Now add in the minced garlic, and smashed onions.
Sauté well, add in the boiled moong dal and the ground powder.
Mix nicely and pour the contents to the soup.
Let it boil once nicely, add coriander leaves and remove.

You can drink it as it is, or add few tbs of rice to it to
make it into a whole meal.