Mung Bean and Kale Daal
Daily Indian menu almost always includes a type of lentils or beans. It’s a ritual that I grew up with but didn’t follow much after I moved out of home and started on my own. I have never been a big fan of lentils or beans. Until about a few months back, I would make lentil very occasionally, maybe once a week. But of late, I have changed that and started to make it on a more regular basis mainly because of two reasons. Firstly, we mostly eat vegetarian food and lentils/beans is a great easy way to add protein. Secondly, Arvind can pretty much survive on daal and Avyan has also developed a liking for it. All the more reasons to go back to the ritual that I grew up with. Life truly comes back full circle!
The Goodness of Mung Beans
Packed with fibre, protein and antioxidants, mung beans are very common to Indian cooking. There are various different ways we use mung beans in our daily diet. From pancakes to sprouts salad to daal and stew. Mung beans cooks fast, doesn’t necessarily need a pressure cooker and that make it my first choice of protein on busy days. The addition of greens to daal not only makes it filling but it also makes it a perfectly balanced meal.
MORE DAAL RECIPES This particular recipe is inspired by Lakshmi’s cookbook Pure Vegetarian. She shared a recipe for Green Mung Dal with Fennel where she uses spinach. I took the same idea and added kale instead. It is a one-pot easy to prepare meal that gets ready in 30 minutes, perfect idea for a weeknight dinner.
