Celery with Green Moong Dal curry

Overview
A very healthy dish with unique combination of celery and green moong Dal. Green Moong Dal is good for you since it has both protein and fiber. Combining this with celery gives this dish a very nice texture and flavor. I got this recipe from my cousin. This dish goes very well with Rice or Chapati.

Ingredients
Green moong Dal - 1 cup
Celery - 1 bunch(almost 3 cups chopped)
Red onion - 1 medium finely chopped
Garlic - 8 - 10 cloves finely chopped
Red pepper flakes - 2 tables spoon or as needed
Turmeric - 1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
Olive oil - 4 tablespoons
Salt to taste

Steps
1. Soak the Green moong Dal is water over night.

2. Cook with 1/4 cup of water till it is done. Do not over cook the Dal it should not get mushy.

3. Chop the celery into strips and then finely chop them.

4. Once the Green moong Dal is cooked add the celery to this and mix well with salt and turmeric. Bring it to a boil and turn off heat.

5. Heat oil in pan. add the chopped red onions and garlic. Saute till the onions are light brown. Add the  red pepper flakes and saute for few minutes add the curry leaves to this and then the prepared Green moong Dal and celery mixture.

6. Mix well and saute till all the liquid has evaporated.

Serve hot with Plain Rice or Chapati