Have something light to eat in the evening. If you are craving for some hot and delicious food before dinner, then you can make moong dal soup and drink it. Moong dal soup is very light. Often when sick, doctors advise eating thin moong dal or drinking moong dal soup. Drinking moong dal soup will also help in weight loss. Some people frown when they hear the name of moong dal, but once you prepare and drink moong dal soup in this way, you will get rich taste and benefits too. Let us know the easy recipe to make the most healthy moong dal soup.
Recipe for making moong dal soup
First step- If you are taking whole moong dal to make soup, then soak it in water overnight. If you are making soup without soaking, then soak the lentils in water for half an hour beforehand. If you are using split moong dal then you can make soup like normal dal. For soup, take 1 cup moong dal and add 4 cups water to it. Cook the dal for 5-6 whistles and open the cooker once it cools down.
Second step- Grate a 1 inch piece of ginger and add it to the boiled lentils. Now when the lentils cool down, grind them finely in a mixer. Add 2-3 more cups of water depending on how thin the soup you want to drink. Now boil the dal again and while boiling add half teaspoon turmeric powder, half teaspoon cumin powder, half teaspoon coriander powder, 1 teaspoon black pepper powder and salt as per taste. Mix everything well and boil.
Third step- Keep the flame on high until the soup comes to a boil. If you want light sweetness in the soup then add 1 piece of jaggery for it. When jaggery is hot, the taste of the soup also becomes slightly hot. To add tempering to the soup, add 1 teaspoon ghee in the pan and when it melts, add 1 teaspoon cumin. After the cumin seeds crackle, add curry leaves, asafoetida and green coriander and add the tadka to the soup.
Delicious moong dal soup is ready. While serving the soup, add lemon juice to it. Drink hot soup throughout the winter. This will keep your stomach full and will also taste good. If you drink this soup for dinner for a few days, it will become easy to lose weight. This soup will provide nutrition to the body and also fill the stomach. Moong dal soup is a good option for dieters.