Shorba is a variety of soup or stew found in national cuisines. It is the gravy of soupy consistency and can be served with roti or paratha. Originally shorbas were made with meat or chicken the vegetarian variety came up much later.
Today I have prepared Moong Daal Shorba. This is well-flavoured and with a chilly chutney toast can pass off as a full meal. Ideal for one of those rainy days when you want to sip on something hot, but light and spicy.
½ cup………… yellow moong daal
½ tsp …………..ginger, finely chopped
1tsp……………. onion, finely chopped
2…………………..green chillies, finely chopped
1…………………..tomato finely chopped
¼ tsp………….. pepper, coarsely crushed
Salt to taste
Lemon juice
Coriander leaves.
Wash and soak the daal for 1hour.
Heat a pressure cooker.
Add onions, ginger, green chilly, daal, half the tomato and salt.
Add water and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
Let the pressure drop.
Add the rest of the tomato, coriander, lemon and pepper.
Check consistency. If you need to add water do so and give it a boil.
Check consistency. If you need to add water do so and give it a boil.
Serve with grilled spicy chutney bites.
Chutney
2……………….green chilly
1tbsp………. coriander leaves
2tbsp………. farsaan sev / boondi / murmura
Salt to taste
Lemon juice
Blend all to a smooth paste, adding a little water to get the chutney consistency.
This chutney should be spicy.
Chutney Toast
Chutney Toast
Grill bread slices to crisp and golden.
Apply chutney.
Serve with shorba.
flavourful healthy daal
Wow.. love the flavours and click! Perfect to an evening meal!
wow, lovely shorba. Nice flavour and liked the veg idea of it.
A hearty shorba…Loved the accompaniment
This looks so flavourful… I think if I am down with cold or fever, this would be my perfect drink 🙂
Thats a super comforting shorba..loving it.
Would love to sit with a nice mug full on a cold day!! 🙂
Very delicious shorba. Loved those slices of bread with chutney….
moong dal soup looks wonderful.. love it
Healthy bowl of Shorba there Vaishali !
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Loved the clicks really love the shorba it is a healthy bowl..
Wow this is delicious.
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very healthy n delightful!