Easy and Healthy Yellow Moong Dal Salad
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.
Questions & Answers
© 2020 Nithya Venkat
Comments
AUTHORI am so happy that you enjoyed this salad. Thank you for trying out this recipe.
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.
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Thank you Chitrangada. I hope you enjoy the recipe.
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.
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I hope you enjoy this recipe Eiddwen. Thank you for your visit.
Thank you for this recipe. Will have to give it a try .
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Thank you Lora, I hope you enjoy.
I like the ingredients in this salad will have to try it myself.
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.
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Thank you Nell I hope you enjoy this salad.
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Mary, you can get asafetida in any Indian store. You can make the salad without asafetida too, it still tastes great.
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.
Certainly different from anything I have eaten before, and it looks delicious! Another one for saving. Thank you
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?
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Dora you can find this lentil in amazon. Thank you for your visit.
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Thank you Linda, it is filling and tastes great.
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I hope you enjoy this salad.
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.
This sounds like an interesting and tasty salad. Thanks for sharing the recipe, Nithya.
Thanks for sharing this. I’ve only ever heard of lentil soup. Didn’t know in what other form people ate them honestly.
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Yes, Liz this salad is tasty and delicious. Thank you for your visit and comment.
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Thank you Rebecca, this salad is filling and delicious.
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Thank you Bill, I hope Bev enjoys.
This looks like a healthy and tasty recipe.
We enjoy eating lentils, and I know that we would enjoy this recipe of yours. Thanks!
Sounds delicious and healthy! Thanks!
Bev would love this. I'll pass it along to her. Thanks my friend!
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