Masoor Ki daal

Name a daal that is humble and yet manages to please us with its flavour, it is masoor ki daal. You need no garam masala, no pre-soaking of daal and free from endless cooking time. The credit goes to my ma-in-law who taught me this recipe which would otherwise have been ignored in the shelf itself.  

Ingredients

Jeera

3 Chopped Green chillies

1 inch Chopped ginger

3 pods of garlic chopped into very small pieces

1 onion chopped

2 tomatoes chopped

1 tbsp cooking oil.

Cooked Masoor daal (generally 1/2 cup masoor daal in 3 cups of water cooks well without getting too mashed up)

Chopped coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Method

1) Add 1 tbsp oil in a pan. Add jeera, onion, garlic, ginger and green chillies. Cook till onion gets translucent. 

2) Add tomatoes and fry them well.

3) Add cooked Masoor daal and salt to taste. Let them blend well while they cooked in slow flame. Add water if it gets too thick.

4) Season with chopped coriander leaves and serve with hot rotis or rice.