I have a lot of recipes bookmarked from the Baking Mega Marathon. It might be months before I try out all the recipes that I have bookmarked. When looking for snack ideas to post for this month, I remembered this recipe that I had bookmarked from Sreevalli’s space. I always wanted this during the interval break along with the wheel-shaped spicy fryums. I was in no mood to deep fry the moong dal, so I loved the microwave version she had posted. This recipe took me about 8 minutes in the microwave and overnight soaking of the moong dal. Very easy to make and it was an excellent snack to eat on the go. I am hosting Srivalli’s Kid’s delight event from May 16th to June 15th. I am linking this bun to my ‘Kid’s delight – Snacking all the Way’ event. Preparation time – About 30 minutes minimum soaking timeCooking time – about 8 minutesDifficulty level – easyRecipe adapted from – Ammaji Kitchen
Ingredients to make Fried Moong Dal –
Moong dal / Payatham Paruppu – ½ cup Baking soda – ½ tsp Salt – to taste Red chili powder – ½ tsp Oil – 1 tsp
Procedure –
Wash the moong dal and soak it along with baking soda for at least 30 minutes. I made two batches I soaked it for 2 hours and the other time I soaked it overnight. Both of them yielded similar results.
Drain the dal completely and dry them as much as you can by placing it in a kitchen towel. Make sure that the dal is as dry as you can get.
Place the dried dal in a microwave-safe wide bowl and add 1 teaspoon of oil to it. Mix well. I used my pyres 8-inch square baking pan.
Microwave it on high for about 8 minutes, stirring it after each minute. The dal could lump up when baking, make sure you break the lumps and give it a good stir every minute.
At the end of the 8 minutes, you will notice that the dal is all crunchy. Add salt and chili powder at this stage and mix well.
Store in an air-tight container and happy munching!
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