Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Healthy Slow Cooker Brown Lentil Side Dish / Misal Pav ( Matki Usal)

This is one of those healthy yummy simple dishes which you can make for a party ahead of time...will be loved and talked about by everyone for a long time :)


Ingredients: For 8-10 large servings
  • Dried Moth bean - 3 cups
  • Onion - 1 chopped
  • Tomato - 1 chopped
  • Red Chili Powder - 1 table spoon (adjust per taste)
  • Coriander Powder - 1 table spoon
  • Cumin Powder - 1 table spoon
  • Ginger Paste - 1 table spoon
  • Garlic Paste - 1 table spoon (optional)
  • Garam Masala Powder - 1 table spoon
  • Salt - 2 table spoons (adjust per taste)
  • Coconut oil - 1 tea spoon
  • Water - 8-10 cups
For Garnish:
  • Onion - 1 finely chopped
  • Cilantro - 1 cup finely chopped 
  • Lemon - 2 table spoons (optional)
Method:

Add all the ingredients above except for the ones to garnish in a slow cooker/crock pot.  Put it on high for 8-10 hours.  How do you know it is done??  House will smell divine and of course the moth beans will be cooked all the way through :)
Garnish and serve hot with bread, pav, roti or it tastes really good by itself.

6 comments:

  1. hah, i love healthy food,
    thank you for this recipe
    will cook with my family

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  4. Can coconut oil be replaced with any other oil?? And tamarind ..are we using any sour agent apart from tomatoes??
    Thanks

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    1. Hello, yes, you can use any other oil of your choice (vegetable oil, canola oil, peanut oil). For this recipe, I did not use tamarind. You can use it if you like the taste of it. I prefer squeezing some lemon from top when ready to serve.
      Thank you for the comment and keep following :)

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