Monday, June 14, 2010

Microwave Capsicum Dal

Needless to say that dals comes first in my comforting foods, i can have anything as dals even daily in my menu, love it that much..This time i prepared dal with green bellpeppers in microwave oven and this dal goes awesome with rice or with rotis, even it takes a bit long to get cook in microwave oven this dal was quite easy to get prepare and tastes super delicious..I prepared this dal with garam masala powder, freshly grounded pepper powder instead of sambar powder.Just enjoy this capsicum dal with hot steaming rice and papads, nothing will beat this delicious combo..Both together tastes absolutely divine and we loved it..

Capsicum dal

1/4cup Masoor dal
1/4cup Moong dal
1no Onion (chopped)
1no Tomato (crushed)
1cup Green capsicum (cubed)
1tsp Pepper powder
1/2tsp Garam masala powder
1tsp Lemon juice
1tbsp Coriander leaves (chopped)
1/2tsp Mustard seeds+cumin seeds
2nos Dry red chillies
Salt
Oil

Wash and soak both dals together in 2cups of  water for an hour..Cook the dals with the soaked water in a large microwave safe bowl in microwave oven high for 15minutes until they get cooked (stir twice),mash well the cooked dal,add water if needed..In an another bowl, heat the oil with mustard seeds, cumin seeds and dry red chillies for 5minutes in microwave oven in high,now add the chopped onions, crushed tomatoes, cubed capsicums and cook again for 10minutes in high until the veggies get well cooked (stir in between)..now add the already cooked dal to the veggies along with pepper powder and garam masala powder..cook again in microwave oven for 3minutes in high..finally add the lemon juice,chopped coriander leaves and give a stir..

Serve hot with rice..

40 comments:

Adventures in Domestic Cooking said... Reply To This Comment

Looks and sounds really interestly yummy!!=)

FH said... Reply To This Comment

Moong and Masoor dals are the easiest to cook in the MW, Tuar dal is tht hardest. Love your dal, I made one too for my next post! :)

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

I have never had dal with capsicul, love the combo and looks delish.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

I agree wih you Priya dal and steamed rice with pappad perfect combination very aromaic dal with belpeppers looks mouthwatering....

Niloufer Riyaz said... Reply To This Comment

have never tried capsicum with dal, wonderful recipe priya

Hari Chandana P said... Reply To This Comment

Sounds too good.. yummyy !!

Mary Bergfeld said... Reply To This Comment

I have never had this combination but your recipe has made me want to try it. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings...Mary

Sayantani Mahapatra Mudi said... Reply To This Comment

ummm thats a mouth watering dal. perfect with rice and a dry curry.

CurryLeaf said... Reply To This Comment

Excellent I am yet to try dal in mw.Perfect dish Priya

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Sounds interesting..very unique and lovely combo

Suman Singh said... Reply To This Comment

cooking in microwave always sounds good to me...and that too dal...liked the combo of dal and veggies together...so healthy n delicious...yummy!

Rachana said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delicious Priya!
This gives me courage to try cooking dal in the microwave for the MEC event.

Nithu Bala said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious..Priya, just waiting for your cauliflower leaf pakoda recipe..

Uma said... Reply To This Comment

unique combo :)

Marble cake looks too good.. two layers.

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Nice dal priya, I like simple dals very much.

AJ said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious!! I did a lot of MW Cooking back in the days of my last degree - survived on the MW in fact.

Sarah Naveen said... Reply To This Comment

nice combo...curry looks so delicious..perfect with white rice..

Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said... Reply To This Comment

love the capsicum dal priya..awesome...seriously a comfort food for everyday meal...

Dolly Sharma said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Priya..This Capsicum Dal turned out so good..Its healthy delicious and just so easy to prepare. Awesoem click as well.

GEETHA ACHAL said... Reply To This Comment

So nice recipe...tempting...

Usha said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely combination of flavors, looks delicious !

Vaishali said... Reply To This Comment

Superyum! I'd love green peppers in dal. A must-try, Priya.

Rachana said... Reply To This Comment

A very delicious and flavourful dal!

Shobha said... Reply To This Comment

Never tried this combination before ...looks yummy.

Simplyfood said... Reply To This Comment

Dhal looks wonderful.
Cooked in microwave too.Unfortunately I have always experienced disaters when I cook dhal in microwave it always overflows and makes a terrible mess.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Love the recipe and the fact that it was all done in Microwave. I will try something similar.

Sunitha said... Reply To This Comment

Quite different! To have done it all in the microwave? Kudos to you! This is good.

divya said... Reply To This Comment

have never tried capsicum with dal, wonderful recipe priya

Suji said... Reply To This Comment

Looks great..Easy and simple dal..

Love
Kairali sisters

Krishnaveni said... Reply To This Comment

delicious and yummy dal

sonu said... Reply To This Comment

wow !! wat a wonderful and lovely looking dal..have bookmarked surely try this one ..never tried adding capsicum in dals..

SpicyTasty said... Reply To This Comment

Nice dal recipe. Love it. Gotta try it sometime. Perfect with some chapathi's.

Cool Lassi(e) said... Reply To This Comment

Dal looks delicious. Don't care for microwaving food cause I love stove top and traditional oven better than that..use microwave only for warming milk and water and such..

Vaishali Sharma said... Reply To This Comment

Priya, Dal looks so very delicious! adding Capsicum is a gr8 idea!

Shanthi Krishnakumar said... Reply To This Comment

Awesome and wonderful combo

PranisKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

very simple and easy one priya..capsicum and dal thats a grt combo and so healthy one too..

Kiran said... Reply To This Comment

Capsicum dal looks very delicious.Lovely pic.

Ameya said... Reply To This Comment

Nice idea cooking dal in the microwave...looks tasty!

Mahi said... Reply To This Comment

Never tried making dhal in Microwave..nice one priya!

SathyaSridhar said... Reply To This Comment

Priya,, microwave la dal la kekave nalla irukku paa easy ana velai,,neenga nalla seithurukeenga..anegama naanthaan kadaisiya comment panirukeenu sorry paa,,innum konja naala naan free aaiduven..