Korui Begun diye Moong Dal / Moong Dal with Small Eggplants for lunch in Thakurbari style

Name: Korui Begun diye Moong Dal / Moong Dal with Small Eggplants for lunch in Thakurbari style
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 3-4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 small Begun or Eggplants; 1/2 cup Moong Dal; 5-6 green chillies paste; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp sugar; 1/8 tsp salt; 1 Tbsp milk; 1 Tbsp butter; 2 bay leaves; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1 Tbsp ghee; 1 cup water

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

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This recipe is completely different from all the Thakurbari speciality that I have shared and cooked. Pragya Sundari Debi, youngest daughter of Rabindranath Tagore’s third Brother Hemendranath Tagore had written this recipe. Pragya Sundari Debi was accomplished in many fields and culinary was one of them. She had published six books titled ‘Amish o Niramish Ahar’. 100 years ago when no one could have thought about publishing a recipe book, she could. This recipe is from ‘Amish o Niramish Ahar’ Veg section

Korui means small and this is cooking small Begun or Eggplants with Moong Dal. Cooked in earthen pot, it’s a delectable dish which is best enjoyed with steamed rice and served with Shuktoni

Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

Kolkata

Korui means small and this is cooking small Begun or Eggplants with Moong Dal. Cooked in earthen pot, it’s a delectable dish which is best enjoyed with steamed rice and served with Shuktoni

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Ingredients

Prep time -10 mins, Cooking time -30 mins

3-4 servings

2small Begun or Eggplants
1/2 cupMoong Dal
5-6green chillies paste
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1 tspsugar
1/8 tspsalt
1 Tbspmilk
1 Tbspbutter
2bay leaves
1/2 tspcumin seeds
1 Tbspghee
1 cupwater
Serve with Shuktoni and Steamed Rice

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Steps

Prep time -10 mins, Cooking time -30 mins

1

Wash the moong dal and set aside. Take the Begun and wash well, make four inserts from the edge but don’t cut off, set aside
2

In a earthen pot add water and bring it to boil, add dal and add turmeric powder
3

After 15 mins when moong dal is half boiled, add Begun or Eggplants, stir
4

When dal is cooked, add green chilli paste, salt, sugar, butter and mix well. Set aside
5

Sambara or Tempering Dal - in a pan heat ghee, add bay leaves, add a slit green chilli and cumin seeds, add to Dal and stir
6

Serve with Shuktoni and Steamed Rice

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Madhumita Bishnu @Madhubish27

on August 23, 2025 02:26

Kolkata

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