Updated date:

Jan 13, 2020

Easy and Healthy Yellow Moong Dal Salad

Author:

A graduate in botany, Nithya enjoys cooking and sharing recipes.

Yellow moong dal salad is a favorite at my house. It is easy to make and tastes delicious. It makes a great side dish or snack, and it's perfect on a hot summer day.

Yellow moong dal, or yellow lentils, are easy to prepare and also easy to digest. They are highly nutritious; they are rich in protein, B complex vitamins, iron, magnesium, potassium, zinc, and dietary fiber.

Cook Time

Soaking time: 2 hours

Active preparation time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup yellow moong dal
1 cup grated carrot
4-5 curry leaves
1 teaspoon sunflower oil
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
Pinch of asafetida
1/2 lemon, juiced
Salt to taste

Instructions

Wash yellow moong dal thoroughly and then soak for 2 hours.
Strain the dal till all the water is drained. Transfer the dal to a salad bowl.
Add the shredded carrot, lime juice, and salt. Mix thoroughly
Heat oil in a small pan. Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds and let them splutter. Then add the curry leaves and a pinch of asafetida.
Pour the contents of the pan over the yellow moong dal salad in the bowl and mix well. The salad is now ready to be served.

Optional Additions

You can add finely chopped cucumber and grated coconut to the salad. Choose according to your liking.

Soak the yellow moong dal for two hours.

Comments

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on July 16, 2020:

Thank you Rajan, I hope you enjoy this salad.

Rajan Singh Jolly from From Mumbai, presently in Jalandhar, INDIA. on July 15, 2020:

This is an easy salad to make and healthy too. Thank you for sharing.

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on March 19, 2020:

I am so happy that you enjoyed this salad. Thank you for trying out this recipe.

Jason Nicolosi from AZ on March 17, 2020:

I've always been open to trying new things, and I love to cook. I feel it's another way to be creative. This looked like it would taste good. So, I decided to give your recipe a try. I searched the internet and found some organic moong dal online. I ordered it. It finally came. This afternoon I tried your recipe, and it was actually really tasty. I didn't eat it as a meal by itself. But, I had it with my meal. I made some chicken, potatoes, zucchini, and yellow moong dal salad. It certainly made a good side dish and complimented the rest of the food well. Everything turned out delicious including the moong dal. Thanks for the wonderful recipe Nithya.

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on March 13, 2020:

Thank you Chitrangada. I hope you enjoy the recipe.

Chitrangada Sharan from New Delhi, India on March 12, 2020:

Very nice, delicious and nutritious salad recipe. Quite an innovative way to have moong daal. Moong daal is one of my favourite daal, and I usually cook it like the normal yellow daal, or grind it to make pakodas.

Thanks for sharing this easy to make and wonderful recipe.

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on March 02, 2020:

I hope you enjoy this recipe Eiddwen. Thank you for your visit.

Eiddwen from Wales on February 23, 2020:

Thank you for this recipe. Will have to give it a try .

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on January 20, 2020:

Thank you Lora, I hope you enjoy.

Devika Primic on January 16, 2020:

I like the ingredients in this salad will have to try it myself.

Lora Hollings on January 15, 2020:

This looks and sounds delicious! I love yellow dal. One of my favorite foods. Dal is easy to digest, tastes great, and very nutritious. Your excellent instructions will make it easy to prepare. Thanks for this wonderful recipe.

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on January 15, 2020:

Thank you, Lorna, this salad can be a wholesome meal.

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on January 15, 2020:

Thank you Nell I hope you enjoy this salad.

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on January 15, 2020:

Mary, you can get asafetida in any Indian store. You can make the salad without asafetida too, it still tastes great.

Lorna Lamon on January 15, 2020:

I like the way you can add to this salad which sounds delicious Nithya. It would make a lovely accompaniment to any meal or a meal in itself. Thank you for sharing.

Nell Rose from England on January 14, 2020:

Certainly different from anything I have eaten before, and it looks delicious! Another one for saving. Thank you

Mary Norton from Ontario, Canada on January 13, 2020:

This is a salad I want to try but asafetida is something new to me. Where can we get this? Is it available in North American supermarkets?

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on January 13, 2020:

Dora you can find this lentil in amazon. Thank you for your visit.

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on January 13, 2020:

Thank you Linda, it is filling and tastes great.

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on January 13, 2020:

I hope you enjoy this salad.

Dora Weithers from The Caribbean on January 13, 2020:

Not sure where to find yellow lentils but if I do, l would like to try this recipe. Seems good for us who want to eat more beans and less meat. Thanks.

Linda Crampton from British Columbia, Canada on January 12, 2020:

This sounds like an interesting and tasty salad. Thanks for sharing the recipe, Nithya.

FlourishAnyway from USA on January 12, 2020:

Thanks for sharing this. I’ve only ever heard of lentil soup. Didn’t know in what other form people ate them honestly.

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on January 12, 2020:

Yes, Liz this salad is tasty and delicious. Thank you for your visit and comment.

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on January 12, 2020:

Peggy, I hope you and your family enjoy this recipe. Thank you for your visit.

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on January 12, 2020:

Thank you Rebecca, this salad is filling and delicious.

Nithya Venkat (author) from Dubai on January 12, 2020:

Thank you Bill, I hope Bev enjoys.