South Indian
Kerala Parippu Curry (Simple Moong Dal Curry)
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Kerala Parippu Curry (Simple Moong Dal Curry) is South Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the protein alongside. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the moong dal and pressure cook it with the turmeric and water until soft and mushy, about 3 whistles, then mash lightly.
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Grind the coconut, cumin, and garlic into a coarse paste and stir it into the mashed dal with the salt, simmering for 5 minutes.
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Heat the coconut oil in a small pan and fry the shallots until golden.
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Add the mustard seeds, dried red chilies, and curry leaves and let them sizzle.
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Pour the tempering over the dal and serve warm, the simplest and most comforting dal on the everyday Kerala plate.
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Serve it with
A South Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kerala Parippu Curry (Simple Moong Dal Curry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Kerala Parippu Curry (Simple Moong Dal Curry) carries coconut. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 200 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 24 g
- Fat
- 8 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 440 mg
- Saturated fat
- 5 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Kerala Parippu Curry (Simple Moong Dal Curry) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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