This Instant Pot Carrot and Cabbage Dal is the creamiest and tastiest comfort food you will ever taste! It is so healthy and can be eaten just by itself like a soup! Of course, the most common way to eat it is with some rice and a dollop of ghee on top. Yum!
There are so many different kinds of lentils but I think Moong Dal is the creamiest of them all! It is the Dal of choice when making Kichidi which is just moong Dal and Rice cooked together. It is very common comfort food made in most Indian’s homes.
This is an everyday kind of recipe, which is easy to make, now made easier with the instant pot!
I love the Instant Pot, it is easily one of the top gadgets in my kitchen, I have many easy Instant Pot recipes on my blog, here they are if you would like to check them out:
What are the Ingredients for this Instant Pot Carrot and Cabbage Dal?
(Exact quantities of each ingredient are given in the recipe card below)
Moong Dal – Yellow split Moong Dal
Carrots
Cabbage
Onion
Tomato
Ginger
Green chilies
Turmeric powder
Salt
Cilantro leaves for garnish
For seasoning:
Ghee, Cumin Seeds & Asafoetida
How do you make this Instant Pot Carrot and Cabbage Dal?
- Wash the moong Dal and add it to the Instant Pot, add about 3 cups of water.
- Chop onions, tomato, ginger, slit the green chili, chop carrots, and cabbage. ( the carrots and cabbage can be chopped into big pieces so they do not become mush but keep their shape.
- Next, add all the above ingredients to the dal and water.
- Put in 1/2 Tsp of turmeric powder. Stir and close the instant pot. Pressure cook on high for 6 minutes.
- Once the Instant Pot beeps after it’s done, press cancel. After 15 minutes once the pressure comes down, open the Lid of the Instant Pot.
- Add salt to taste.
- In a seasoning pan or a small frying pan, add 1 tablespoon of ghee. When it is hot, add the cumin seeds and a pinch of asafoetida. Switch off the flame and immediately pour this onto the Dal. Your delicious creamy Dal is ready! Garnish with chopped cilantro and Enjoy it with rice, quinoa, paratha, or roti.
Some delicious sides that go with this are:
Instant Pot Carrot and Cabbage Dal
Comfort food at its best! Creamy and delicious yellow split moong dal with vegetables.
Ingredients
- ½ cup Yellow split moong dal
- ¼ onion (chopped)
- 1 tomato (chopped)
- 1 inch ginger (chopped)
- 1 green chili (slit)
- 1 carrot (cut in big pieces)
- ¼ cabbage (cut in big cubes)
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- Cilantro for garnish
For seasoning
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ⅛ tsp Asafoetida
Instructions
- Wash the moong dal 2 or 3 times, add it to the Instant Pot with 3 cups of water.
- Chop the onion, tomato, ginger, chili, carrots, and cabbage.
- Add the above-chopped ingredients along with turmeric powder to the Instant Pot. Mix well.
- Close the Instant Pot and pressure cook on high for 6 minutes.
- Once the Instant Pot beeps after it is done, press cancel.
- After about 15 minutes the pressure would have released. Open the Pot. Add salt to taste. If you want you can add more water. Mix and transfer the dal into a serving dish.
- In a seasoning pan or a small frying pan, heat a tablespoon of ghee. When the ghee is hot, add the cumin seeds and asafoetida.
- Immediately put this seasoning into the dal.
- Garnish with Cilantro, your delicious dish is ready!
Notes:
- This Dal can be made without the vegetables too.
- Using ghee is recommended as it really enhances the taste of the Dal. But if you do not have any, any flavorless cooking oil can be used.
- This Dal will thicken as it sits, so when re-heating add water to it.
- Some other choices of vegetables are green beans, broccoli, spinach, and zucchini.
- Use more chilies if you like it spicy. I usually take out the chili before serving. You can also sprinkle some red chili powder on top.
- Asafoetida is optional but it adds to the flavor of the Dal. It is available in any Indian grocery. You can read all about asafoetida here and learn about its health benefits.
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