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    Home » Vegetarian Side Dishes » Yellow Moong Dal in Microwave | Pesarapappu Kura for Poori | Step By Step Recipe in Microwave

    Yellow Moong Dal in Microwave | Pesarapappu Kura for Poori | Step By Step Recipe in Microwave

    Published: Jul 15, 2010 · Modified: Sep 6, 2021 by Srivalli · 16 Comments

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    Pesara pappu Kura was to my knowledge almost the first dish I learnt to cook myself. It is one of those dishes that can cook itself anytime. Cooking Yellow Moong Dal is not tough and this dal is one of the staple dals that get featured on our Sunday breakfast menu.

    This Sunday I really thought I had enough of Channa Masala with Poori week after week. Mind you, except the elders nobody raised a voice in opposition. Infact seeing their favorite Channa not on the table I heard 2 voices protesting strongly. I sternly said I had enough and we should explore other wonderful dishes too.

    Within minutes I heard one sweet little voice that said "Amma this is so tasty, please make this every day for me" That was Chinnu who asks for me to make a particular dish everyday if he likes it. Then Konda too joined him to say it was very nice.

    Though I always make this dal in Pressure Cooker, this time I wanted to try the same in my Microwave Oven.

    I was thinking of soaking the dal in water for 10 - 15 minutes. But felt soaking in hot water will be better. So Micro 1 cup of water for 2 mins in micro, while you wash the dal.

    Soak yellow moong dal in hot water for 5 minutes with lid covered.

    Micro the dal for 15 mins with 1 & 1/2 cups water.

    Then saute chopped onions, green chilies, cumin for 2 mins

    Followed by tomatoes and turmeric for 2 mins

    Tomatoes get really mashed well.
    Finally add the cooked dal along with 2 cups of water and salt. Micro for 5 mins
    Dal is ready to be served

    Ingredients Needed

    Yellow Moong Dal / Peserapappu - 3/4 cup
    Water - 3 & 1/2 cup
    Onions - 1/2 of a small one
    Tomatoes - 1 medium
    Green chillies - 4
    Turmeric powder - a pinch

    Tadka

    Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
    Coriander leaves - few springs

    I didn't add Red chilies and Curry leaves. Hence chopped Green chilies while sautéing so it had normal spice.

    All of us felt that this version of dal was much tastier than the usual Pressure Cooker one.

    Since this is one of my favorite dish prepared entirely in Microwave, sending this to PJ who is hosting my MEC event this month themed on our Favorites!

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    Yellow Moong Dal in Microwave | Pesarapappu Kura for Poori | Step By Step Recipe in Microwave

    Dish Type South Indian Dals
    Author Srivalli

    Ingredients

    • 3/4 cup Yellow Moong Dal / Peserapappu
    • 3 & 1/2 cup Water
    • Onions 1/2 of a small one
    • 1 medium Tomatoes
    • 4 Green Chillies
    • A pinch Turmeric Powder

    Tadka

    • 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
    • Coriander Leaves few springs
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    Comments

    1. Ann says

      July 15, 2010 at 6:37 pm

      Wow - how quick! And you didn't have to pre-soak for hours either? Wow!

      Reply
    2. Priya says

      July 15, 2010 at 7:11 pm

      Thick moong dal looks super comforting..

      Reply
    3. Cooking Blog Indexer says

      July 15, 2010 at 7:21 pm

      I never tried to microwave daal..will try it someday..

      Reply
    4. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

      July 15, 2010 at 8:29 pm

      amazing looking pappu, lovely combo with poori, never had dal/koora before with pooti.

      Reply
    5. Sukanya Ramkumar says

      July 15, 2010 at 9:35 pm

      Perfect combo... So mouthwatering... YUM!

      Reply
    6. GEETHA ACHAL says

      July 16, 2010 at 2:01 am

      Perfect Combination...Love to eat pooris even daily...Thanks for sharing...

      Reply
    7. PJ says

      July 16, 2010 at 4:29 am

      This is our family fav too Srivalli.I was going to post this for MEC but u beat me to it :).Initially I too experimented with soaking the dal,then one day it struck me to just soak in hot water for a few minutes and have been following it since.Looks delicious with Poori.

      Reply
    8. Prathibha says

      July 16, 2010 at 5:05 am

      I love moong dal...Its is the easiest dal one can make...Never had moong dal wid poori...sounds interesting..

      Reply
    9. Sanjeeta kk says

      July 16, 2010 at 11:25 am

      That's lovely, might save a lot of time.

      Reply
    10. Latha says

      July 16, 2010 at 2:54 pm

      Pappu with Poori...nice combo! Looks very tasty.

      Reply
    11. DEESHA says

      July 16, 2010 at 3:57 pm

      nice N quick Microwave version of dal

      Reply
    12. Anonymous says

      July 16, 2010 at 8:41 pm

      Pleasant!

      Reply
    13. kanthi says

      July 17, 2010 at 12:35 pm

      great and a very good dish for all.

      Reply
    14. Divya Kudua says

      July 19, 2010 at 2:32 am

      Wow..this is great.Getting the curry done while making the poori sounds like a great idea.I miss cooking in my mw too,did that so often before.Let me see if I can come up with something for your event!!

      Reply
    15. Sweet Artichoke says

      July 19, 2010 at 8:37 am

      waow,it's amazing to see how quick this recipe is to prepare! Perfect for a last minute dal craving 🙂

      Reply
    16. shriya says

      July 19, 2010 at 3:14 pm

      Nice recipe and never tried moong dal in microwave. Thanks for sharing.Love the pics.

      Reply
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