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motor dal bhate or motor dal mash with rice - 4

Motor Dal Bhate

Yellow split peas cooked along in a pot of rice and mashed with onions, chilies, coconut and mustard oil.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course, Vegetarian
Cuisine Bengali, Indian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup motor dal yellow split peas
  • 1 no onion finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup grated coconut has to be fresh coconut
  • 1-2 nos green chilies
  • 2 tbsp mustard oil
  • 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves optional
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Wash the dal and soak it in hot water for an hour. After that, discard the water and grind it into a thick paste using as little water as possible.
  • Place the paste in a muslin cloth and tie the ends like a potli or a bundle.
  • When you are cooking rice, plate the potli into the pot and let it cook along with the rice.
  • Once the rice is done, take the bundle out and let it cool down a bit. Then open it and place the round hard ball of dal in a mixing bowl.
  • Using your fingers, break the dal and mash it. And then, add onions, chilies, salt, grated coconut and coriander leaves with mustard oil.
  • Mash it well and serve it with steamed rice.
  • Drizzle some more mustard oil over it while serving.
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