Mooli Paratha

 As I write this, it strikes me that I did not take a picture of the mooli stuffing I made for the paratha. Mooli...Daikon...white Radish. One of the rare vegetables which was not in my mom's favorite list. Mainly because the creates a lot of smell when it is getting cooked and back in the day, we did not have ant exhaust in our house in the mother land.

But here is it not a problem. I have my exhaust on any time I am cooking. The stuffing is very very simple.

 Mooli Paratha (Daikon stuffed Indian Wheat bread)

Mooli paratha

Stuffing Ingredients:

1. 1 daikon about a foot long. scrapped clean, washed and grated
2. 1 teaspoon  each of salt, coriander powder, cumin powder, mustard seeds
3. 1/2 teaspoon each of urad dal,  cumin, turmeric
4.  1 tablespoon sambar powder (optional)
5. 1/2 tablespoon oil
6. 1 red green chili chopped fine (optional)

Ingredients for paratha:

1. 3 cups wheat flour
2. oil for frying paratha
3. water for mixing the dough
4. 1 teaspoon salt

In a pan heat the oil (turn the exhaust on) and add the mustard seeds and cover and fry till they splutter. Add cumin and urad dal and fry for 30 more seconds. Add the chilli if using and add the grated Daikon. Add all the spices and mix well and cover and cook for 10 minutes. Garnish with finely chopped cilantro if you want. Let it cool.

Mix the wheat flour with salt and water into dough and set side for 10 minutes. Divide into 8 parts. Roll on a clean surface to about 4 inch circle. Add a tablespoon of the stuffing and "wrap" the stuffing with the dough and make it into a ball between your palms.

Add more flour to the surface and roll the stuffed dough ball into 6-8 inch ball. Heat the griddle and fry the roti until dark brown spots appear on most of the surface. Add a teaspoon of oil or ghee on both side and serve with your favorite chutney or yogurt or as is.

Mooli Moong Dal

I have so many recipes I haven't blogged about and the back log is increasing by the day. I seriously need to spend more time with my laptop.

Anyway today I made Bhindi Do Pyaza and Mooli Moong Dal

Mooli Moong Dal (Split yellow grams with Daikon)

Mooli Moong Dal

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup yellow Moong dal dry roasted
2. 2-3 cups white radish or daikon chopped
3. 2 teaspoons oil
4. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, mustard seeds, turmeric
5. 2 dried red chilies broken
6. few curry leaves
7. 1 teaspoon salt
8. 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
9. 1/4 cup chopped onion
10. 2 garlic pods chopped
11. 1/4 teaspoon hing

In a pressure cooker cook the dal along with chopped radish and turmeric for 3-5 whistles. Let it cool and open the cooker and mash the dal. Add salt and chili powder.

In a pan heat the oil and fry the cumin and mustard seeds for 1 minute. Add broken chilies and curry leaves and fry for one more minute. Add onions and fry till they become brown. Add the garlic and fry for 30 seconds. Add hing and fry for 30 more minutes. Add this tempering to the mashed dal along with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil and continue to boil for 5 minutes. garnish with cilantro and enjoy with hot rice and Okra with Onions and Tomato