This dal goes well with Rice,Roti and Paratha.If you have with rice you can make it on the thinner side and if with Roti on the thick consistency side or as per your liking .
Preparation Time - Soaking Dal half an hour and other preparation work 10 min
Cooking Time - 20 -25 minutes.
Ingredients:-
1. 1 cup masoor dal
2. Half Green Tomato
3. Half Red Tomato
4. Half Onion
5. 1 garlic cloves
6. 1/2 inch ginger
7. 1 or 2 Indian chilly or Serrano or Jalapeno
8. Dry roast and grind ( 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds+1/4 teaspoon Coriander seeds+1/4 teaspoon Black peppercorns or golmorich +2-3 cloves+ 2-3 Green Cardamom )
9. 1 bay leaf
10. 1 teaspoon coriander powder and 1/4 teaspoon of Turmeric powder.
11. 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon powder or add 1/2 inch cinnamon when dry roasting the spices and grind it.
12. Less than 1/8th teaspoon Hing or Asafoetida
13. Water for soaking dal and boiling the dal.
14. 2 teaspoon of oil
15. 1 teaspoon Ghee or Butter (optional )
16. 1 and 1/4 teaspoon of salt or to taste.
Preparation :-
1. Wash and soak the dal and throw the water and then again wash it and then boil it with water until dal is cooked.
2. Chop the Tomatoes and Onion.
3. Slit the chilly
4. Grind the spices mentioned under point 8 under ingredients.
5. Crush the garlic and ginger with a mortar and pestle ( hamaldista )
Cooking :-
1. Boil the dal with water and keep aside. ( for 1 cup Dal add about 2 cups water) add more water if it starts drying up. I cooked in an open pot.Some froth will be formed ,remove the froth with a spoon. You can also pressure cook the dal with the water required as per your cooker.
2. Take an utensil add oil let it warm and add the bay leaf and hing or asafoetida.
Note - If you want along with the bay leaf you can also add 1/4 teaspoon of jeera, 1 dry red chilly , 1 green chilly , 1 green cardamom, 1 clove. [ I did not add this time ]
3. Add the Onion and fry till it wilts and becomes translucent (NOT brown )followed by the crushed ginger garlic. Fry it til the raw smell disappears.If needed sprinkle water so that it does not burn since I used less oil.
4. Then add the red Tomato NOT the green ,stir and mix .Add the coriander powder and turmeric powder and mix.
5. When the spices are done and the tomato melts and raw smell disappears then add the salt and boiled dal into it and mix.
6. Let the dal simmer for 2 minutes and add the dry roasted spice/masala mixture prepared into it and mix.
7. Lastly add the chilly and just before serving add ghee or butter (optional ).Garnish with chilly and slice of lime.
8. Serve it warm with Roti or Rice. I kept the dal consistency on the thicker side.
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