A Simple Homely Daal

Elaborate, heavy dishes are tasty, but nothing can beat a simple dish that gives a complete satisfaction. I am talking about Daal. Our eyes lit up when after a tiresome travel outside home, we come across this dish that has its own way to delight us. You could make Daal out of any pulses. I made it using Toor Daal.

Ingredients:-

1 cup Toor daal

chopped Ginger

chopped green chillies

juice of 1 Lemon

Turmeric powder

1 tomato chopped

1/2 tsp garam masala

1/2 tsp Sambar powder

Salt to taste

For Seasoning

1 red chilly broken into two halves

1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds

1/3 tsp Cumin Seeds

1 green chilly chopped

1/2 tsp Chopped ginger

1 garlic chopped into very small pieces

Chopped coriander leaves

Method

1) Pressure cook Toor daal using cooker with sufficient water. If the daal is slightly hard, mash up well using a ladle or big spoon when it is still hot.

2) Take another pan. Add some oil. Add chopped tomatoes, salt, turmeric powder and fry tomatoes well till it gets cooked.

3) Now add the cooked toor daal to it. Add salt to taste, turmeric powder, garam masala, sambar powder and cook it till the dal starts boiling. Once done, keep it aside in a vessel.

4) Take a small pan. Add 1 tbsp oil in it. Add mustard seeds, green chillies, cumin seeds, ginger and broken red chilly. Fry it and season it to the dal.

5) Add the lemon juice to it. Add chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with rice or Roti.