Muger Dal

== Description ==
* Ethnicity - Bengali, East Indian
* Type of meal - Party, Lunch, Dinner
== Ingredients ==
* 1 cup yellow mung beans, picked, washed and drained 
* 1 bunch paalak (fresh spinach), finely chopped 
* 1 tsp haldi (turmeric powder) 
* 3 tbsp ghee (clarified butter) 
* 1 tej patta (bay leaf) 
* 2 tsp panch phoran mix (Bengali five spice mix) 
* 4 sukhee laal mirchi (whole dried red chiles) 
* 1 tsp laal mirch (red chili powder) 
* 1 tsp garam masala 
* ½ tsp. amchoor (mango powder) 
* salt to taste 
== Directions ==
# In a heavy bottom saucepan, saute the mung beans until a nice golden color. Now add 3 cups of water, the turmeric and the bay leaf. Bring the contents to a boil and simmer partially covered until the beans are soft. Feel free to add more water if needed. 
# Now throw in the chopped spinach and red chili powder, cook for another 10 minutes. 
# In a small frying pan, heat the ghee. When hot add the panch phoran and cook over a medium low flame until seeds splatter. 
# Now add the dried whole red chilies. Cook until they are a nice brown but not burnt. Quickly pour this tempered oil over the daal. 
# Take some of the daal in a small pudding bowl and mix the amchoor powder into it. Make sure to dissolve the powder in the daal before you add it back into the saucepan.
# Add the garam masala and stir. Heat for another few minutes. Serve hot with rice, bread and vegetables of your choice.
Category:Indian Vegetarian
Category:Bengali Vegetarian
Category:Garam masala Recipes
Category:Amchoor Recipes
Category:Chili powder Recipes
Category:Mung bean Recipes
Category:Panch phoron Recipes
Category:Spinach Recipes
Category:Mango Recipes
Category:Rice Recipes
Category:Dal Recipes