Tasty Mung Dahl (vegan)
What you’ll need:
3 - 5 tbsns coconut oil
1/2 tspn Black mustard seeds
1/2 tspn Cumin
1 tspn Tumeric powder
1/7 tspn Asafoetida or onion and garlic
1/2 tspn fresh chopped chilli
2 slices lemon1 cup Green mung beans (serves two)
1 handful of corriander
Veggies of choice. I use carrot, broccoli and kale
Gratitude ( a positive mood while cooking effects the energies you absorb. I sing mantra usually for Krishna and think of cooking this as a gift for God to spiritualise the meal which also cleanses and uplifts our heart and consciousness when we honour the meal. You can sing a mantra or be happy while cooking. <3
Bring green mung beans to boil then simmer.
While mung boils heat coconut oil in a pan with approx. black mustard seeds. (allow them to heat to the point of popping)
Add chopped chilli, tspn cumin, tumeric powder, 1/2 tspn of salt and the amount of your own choice of onion & garlic (or can replace with approx. 1/7 tspn ASAFOETIDA as onion & garlic are ‘rajasic’ in quality deeming them not supportive to meditation practices.
Sautee these spices on low flame until lightly brown then add to mung with mung and simmer or low boil.
When the mung is softening and enlarging add chopped carrots, brocolli, and any other veggies of choice.
I like my veggies Al dente to retain nutrients so i dont leave cooking too long.
For approx. 1 min add to the pot a few handfuls of kale cut into strips (i like to add greens as they are alkalising which fights free-radicals which age us through causing toxic build up).
Remove the dahl & add a genrous handful of chopped corrainder and stir. Can also add a little corriander on top to garnish.
Present with a few slices of lemon which you can squeeze on top which balance the flavours in a lovely way.
This recipe can become more ‘mushy or the green mung can be more whole as pictured here. Either is yum, yet again i prefer my veggies Al dente for reason mentioned. You can also add some ghee on top with some extra salt and lemon or coconut oil is also a nice touch!
Touching on what i mentioned previously, before i honour the meal i bless with vedic mantra offering the meal to God. If we love someone and are grateful we want to please them or offer them something isn’t it? In Bhakti vedanta this also makes the meal “prasadam” which removes karma from the food from the hands that touched the produce prior, in exchange for money etc also cleansing the produce of the emotions of the people who came in contact so we do not take on others energie’s. We can also say any prayer of gratitude. Prasadam also means the meal has become spiritualised. Everything is energy as even science is now attesting. Instead of taking on others emotions we absorb a spiritual vibration which as mentioned above effects our consciousness optimally.
I hope you love this wholesome grounding offering as much as i do.
ENJOY!
