Moong dal paratha is a vegan Indian flatbread stuffed made with split yellow lentils and spices. It can be served for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Check out this easy recipe.
Moong dal paratha is an Indian lentil flatbread stuffed with a mixture of cooked lentils and spices. Dal paratha can also be made using various other types of dals like chana dal, toor dal, green moong dal, or masoor dal.
It is easy to make and is a nutritious vegan lunch or dinner idea. At times leftover dal can also be used to make dal paratha.
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Moong dal paratha requires basic ingredients found in the Indian kitchen pantry. The best part is that it can be customized to suit your taste.
For the filling you will need moong dal, onion, ginger garlic paste, and some serrano pepper for spiciness. Some Indian spices like whole red chili, cumin seeds, coriander powder, turmeric, and optionally hing are added to enhance the taste.
For the dough, whole wheat flour, nigella seeds, salt, oil, and water is all you will need. A dollop of butter can be applied on the top of paratha while serving.
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To make this dal paratha recipe, you will first need to make the stuffing. You can use leftover dal and heat it up to make it thick in consistency. You can also cook dal in an electric pressure cooker like Instant Pot or on the stovetop.
First, rinse the moong dal well with water until water runs clear. Turn the Instant Pot on Saute mode on the normal setting. Once the pot is hot, add some oil followed by whole red chili, cumin seeds, asafoetida, and ginger garlic paste.
Saute for about 30 seconds and then add moong dal, water, turmeric powder, and salt. Deglaze the pot with the help of a spatula. Close the lid and cook dal on high-pressure mode for 4 minutes followed by a natural pressure release.
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You can also saute the spices on the stovetop in a pan on medium heat and then add moong dal, water, and salt. You will need about 2 cups of water to cook on the stovetop.
Let the moong dal cool down and then add some chopped onions and green chilies. You can adjust spiciness and salt as per your liking.
Usually, I make two-halves of the cooked dal. One half is for my kids, to which I do not add onions and peppers as they don't like it. The other half is of course for the grown-ups and contains all the ingredients.
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The dough can be made in a food processor, stand mixer, bread maker or by hand. Ensure that the dough is well kneaded and soft. If it sticks to your hand while making a ball then it needs more flour.
Take a small amount of dough and make a ball (close to 1.5 inches in diameter) by rolling and pressing between your palms. If you are using a digital food scale take about 45 grams of dough.
Take about 3 tablespoon full or 50 grams of dal mixture and place at the center of the rolled disc. Now lift all the sides of the disc and club it at the center and remove any additional dough from the top.
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You want to form an even flattened ball of dough with the moong dal stuffing inside it. Now coat the stuffed dough disc with dry flour and roll it into an even disc of about 6-7 inches. Keep using dry flour as needed.
Gently lift the rolled disc and place it on a hot skillet, and a medium-high flame. I prefer to use the cast iron skillet to make the parathas.
Cook one side for about 15 - 20 seconds (this may vary depending on how hot the skillet is) until you see a few golden brown spots. Flip it with the help of a wide spatula and cook the other side for about 30 seconds or until a few golden spots can be seen.
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Apply oil on both the semi-cooked sides flipping alternately and cook until the sides are golden brown and well done. Take it off the flame, put it on a plate using the spatula and it is ready to be served.
Dal - you can use any lentils like chana dal, toor dal, green moong dal, mixed, dal, or red lentils to make dal paratha.
Moong dal paratha can be served with pickles like green mango pickle, green chili pickle, or sweet-sour spicy mango chutney, tomato chutney, and yogurt condiments (raita). Optionally, it can be served with some butter on top.
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The dough can be made in a food processor, stand mixer, bread maker or by hand. I have made it in the Cuisinart food processor.
Dal can be cooked in an electric pressure cooker like Instant Pot or on the stovetop. A 3 qt. Instant Pot works well.
For rolling the paratha a rolling pin and cheeseboard is needed, but you can roll it on the countertop as well. Finally I have used the Lodge Cast iron skillet to cook the paratha.
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Moong dal paratha is best when made and served fresh. However, leftovers can be covered and stored in the refrigerator for a couple of days. The only downside is that it may become a little dry and crumble a bit.
The moong dal filling can be stored for 3-4 days in the refrigerator. Some water may need to be added to get rid of the dryness else it can be difficult to roll.
Don't forget to rate the recipe by clicking the stars. Also, pin the recipe by clicking the Pin button, for your future reference.Lentils and legumes are every day source of vegetarian protein and staple no-meat main course in Indian cuisine. Even when we make dry curry for main course, some lentils are served on the side. At-least once or twice every week, I make simple lentil curries for supper. Often I have leftover 1/2 cup to 1/4 cup lentils at the end of meal. Then comes dilemma of using leftovers.... transforming leftover lentils to breakfast or lunch next day.
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Staple in my home are Lentil (leftover) Curry Soup for lunch , Lentil Salad for lunch, or Lentil Curry Flat Bread for breakfast. Some of my favorite and most loved ways to use leftover lentils.
If you like eating lentils, I am sure you too will have leftovers once-in-a-while. So..... next time, when you enjoy some lentil's curry and have leftovers, make these wholesome, delicious, healthy, and filling flat bread for breakfast. Feel free to use takeaway lentils from Indian restaurant Or buy a packet of precooked Lentil Curry from store.
If you have an Indian Store near-by, most Indian curries are sold in 1-2 Serving small packets. Look for Yellow Lentil Curry, Madras Lentil Curry or any similar lentil's preparation. One package can be used to make about 10-12 Flat Breads with Wheat Flour. Or you can eat lentils curry with rice for dinner and save just 1/4 cup for flat bread.
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Lentil (daal) Flat Bread (parantha) gets nutty texture from cooked lentil almost like cooked chickpea flour. This breakfast flat bread is wholesome and healthy - with lentil proteins, whole wheat, and anti-oxidants of turmeric.
Fresh herb cilantro and spices (in cooked lentil) makes it very aromatic. Trust me! you will love, the way your kitchen will be perfumed, when cooking these flat breads. Also turmeric gives this flat bread a gorgeous turmeric hue, to die for!
Serve lentil flat bread for breakfast with a dollop of non-fat yogurt and a cup of hot chai. You can also serve this flat bread for lunch with some Indian chicken or meat-free curry.
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Daal Parantha cut into triangles can also served for evening snacking. This flat bread is also great for breakfast-on-the-go! Just cook, roll, and eat!!
Total Time: 25 mins (Idle Time: 10 mins ) Prep Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Cuisine: Indian (Breakfast, Bread ) Difficulty: Easy
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We're kinda low on flour right now, so we had a play round in the kitchen to see if we could come up with some tasty
And we're so pleased with the result - we'll for sure keep on making these even when we do have flour again!
The process is simple: just mix all the ingredients together, leave to rest for one hour, then blend together into a thick batter. Then cook them in a pan on both sides. It’s that simple!
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The texture of these red lentil flatbreads is a bit like a firm pancake crossed with a naan bread. They've got a slightly crispy crust when they are fresh.
The most important thing when making these flatbreads is to blend well, so the lentils are well broken down. If your blender is not so powerful and doesn’t puree the lentils the first time you blend, then let the batter soak for another 15 mins, and blend again.
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