After a long time, I am posting a slow cooker recipe. This dal recipe is from the Royal State of Rajasthan :-) This is also called as Panch Ratna Dal. We all know panch means five and this recipe has the goodness of 5 different kinds of dal and obviously loaded with protein. The five dals that I used are moth dal, black urad dal, channa dal, green moong dal and toor dal. Either you can take equal measures of these dals or you can adjust the mix based of your preference.
During this Christmas break we didn’t travel anywhere but did some local trips and visited friends. Pretty much stayed home and watched movies and started watxhing the new series Quantico. ;-) I didn’t have the enthusiasm to cook and went with slow cooker recipes. This recipe was given by my BFF VN who is from Rajasthan. Learnt couple more traditional recipes from her. Will post them soon. We all know toor dal, channa dal, green moong dal and black urad dal. Moth dal or moth bean was something new to me. But it is easily available in all the Indian stores here and it was not hard to find. Here is the wiki link that explains more about this dal.
This is the slow cooker that I use,
Here comes the recipe and here are the five dals that I used,
Ingredients:
- Moth Dal – ¼ cup
- Black Urad Dal – 3 tbsps
- Channa Dal – ¼ cup
- Green Gram Dal – ¼ cup
- Toor Dal – ⅓ cup
- Dal Masala – 2 tbsps (I went with the store bought arhar dal masala, read the substitute in the note section)
- Tomatoes – 2
- Salt – 3 tsps
- Medium Sized Onion – 1
- Green Chillies – 2
- Cilantro – couple of strands
- Water – 3 cups
- Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
- Ginger-Garlic Paste – 1 tbsp
For Tempering:
- Ghee / Oil – 2 tsps
- Jeera / Cumin Seeds – 2 tsps
- Hing – 1 tsp
- Red chillies – 2 (optional)
Steps:
- Wash the dals and soak it for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile finely chop the onions,tomatoes, green chillies and cilantro.
- Drain the water from the dal and add it to the crockpot.
- Add the chopped onions, tomatoes, green chillies, cilantro, salt, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, dal masala.
- Add three cups of water and mix well.
- Set temperature to high and let it cook for 3 hours.
- Here is how it looks after 3 hours.
- Mash it well with potato masher or with a ladle.
- Now in the tadka pan heat the ghee or oil.
- Once its hot, add the cumin seeds, hind and red chillies (if using, I didn’t use them)
- Add it to the dal and that’s it yummy and healthy dal is ready.
Serve it hot with rice or roti. I personally prefer it with rice and pickle like below. :-)
My other slow cooker recipes,
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Slow Cooker Panch Mel Dal
Ingredients
- Moth Dal - ¼ cup
- Black Urad Dal - 3 tbsps
- Channa Dal - ¼ cup
- Green Gram Dal - ¼ cup
- Toor Dal - ⅓ cup
- Dal Masala - 2 tbsps I went with the store bought arhar dal masala, read the substitute in the note section
- Tomatoes - 2
- Salt - 3 tsps
- Medium Sized Onion - 1
- Green Chillies - 2
- Cilantro - couple of strands
- Water - 3 cups
- Turmeric Powder - ½ tsp
- Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp
For Tempering
- Ghee / Oil - 2 tsps
- Jeera / Cumin Seeds - 2 tsps
- Hing - 1 tsp
- Red chillies - 2 optional
Instructions
- Wash the dals and soak it for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile finely chop the onions,tomatoes, green chillies and cilantro.
- Drain the water from the dal and add it to the crockpot.
- Add the chopped onions, tomatoes, green chillies, cilantro, salt, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, dal masala.
- Add three cups of water and mix well.
- Set temperature to high and let it cook for 3 hours.
- After its done, mash it well with potato masher or with a ladle.
- Now in the tadka pan heat the ghee or oil.
- Once its hot, add the cumin seeds, hind and red chillies (if using, I didn’t use them)
- Add it to the dal and that’s it yummy and healthy dal is ready.
Notes
Adding red chillies during tadka is completely optional.
If you don’t have dal masala you can add 2 tsps of coriander powder, 1 tsp of garam masala and dash of cumin powder.
I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.
Vidhya – to qualify as an entry for MLLA, please link back to all 3 event hosts : Lisa, Susan and myself– details on my event post !!
THanks :)
Sent you an email kalyani. Will do that and thanks
perfect dal for Winters – rich and warming !!
thanks so much for Linking this to MLLA :)
Cheers
Kalyani
Thanks a lot and thanks for hosting. :-)
Vidhya, my crock pot has been napping quite a lot, its high time i start using it… this mixed dal curry looks tempting… i’m going to try!
I didn’t any new crockpot recipes at your blog. Thanks a lot mullai and waiting for your recipes.
Protein rich -flavorsome dal ….looks so tempting Sri…
Thanks Chitra.
I love these mixed dals. This Panchmel Dal looks so so creamy. I need to get a slow cooker as well. :)
Thanks a lot. Yeah Slow Cookers are very convenient.
I must get a slow cooker Vidya.. First Sink and countertop fix agattum appuram slow cooker :(
Epa pa Anda work mudiyudu?
Looks tasty and healthy…. will def try this … DH loves different type of dals recipes for chappthi :) Thank you for sharing:)
Thanks bharani n let me know how it turned out
Protein rich Dal.. Perfect for kids yum
Thanks Vidya. :-)
Looks healthy and tasty.. Protein rich dal.
Thanks Sowmia. :-)
Thank you for sharing such a healthy and flavorful recipe dear. Bookmarked. Trying this out soon :-)
Thanks for your wonderful words Kushi. Let me know how it turned out.
Hearing Moth dal for the first time, will have to check it out…
Forgot to add the wiki link.. here it is and updated the post too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigna_aconitifolia