Watercress is an aquatic weed, can get them very easily in chinese stores, i tried it out as usual keerai kadaiyal...i really couldnt found out difference between our usual keerai kadaiyal n this dish with these watercress, to know more about this aquatic weed, have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercress ...they are very rich in vitamin A n C...watercress r known as Cresson in French..
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 bunch | Water cress greens |
| ¾ cup | Split moongdal |
| 1 no | Onion chopped roughly |
| ½ no | Tomato pieces chopped roughly |
| 5 nos | Garlic pods |
| 2 nos | Green chillies (slit open) |
| 1 tsp | Vadagam r mustard seed n urad dal |
| 2 nos | Red chillies |
| Oil for tempering | |
| Salt as per taste |
Just remove the edges of the watercress stems n yellowish leaves n wash them thoroughly n keep aside. Heat 2 cups of water in a heavy bottomed pan, meanwhile wash thoroughly the moong dal n keep aside, add the washed moongdal to the hot water n cook for a while in medium flame, now add the roughly chopped onion followed by tomatoes, garlic pods n slit opened green chillies n close the lid n put the flame in simmer, after a while once the dal n veggies r well cooked add the well washed n roughly chopped watercress green n cook them for a while, as the watercress contains enough water n the stems r hollow, they will get cooked very easily, check whether they r cooked n put off the stove..heat the oil in a pan , once the oil is hot, add the vadagam r mustard seeds n urad dal n let the splutters, add the red chillies n fry them well, add this to the well cooked greens as well as the salt n mash them with a food processor r with a hand blender, will be very much perfect with a masher( mathu) as i dont have, i used hand blender..
Serve hot with rice n ghee (optional)..Enjoyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!
Moongdal r excellent n perfect rather than toor dal to prepare along with this weed...