Monday, March 4, 2013

Thoor Dal












Ingredients
Thoor dal - 1/2 cup
Tumeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Dry red chilly - 2
Onion - 1
Finely chopped Tomato - 1 tblsp
Finely chopped coriander leaves - 2 tblsp
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Hing - 1/2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Garlic - 4 pods
Oil - 2 tblsp
Water and salt.

Preparation
1. Pressure cook dal with water and tumeric powder.Keep for 3 whistle. Mash the cooked dal.
2. Heat pan with oil. Temper with mustard, jeera, hing, red chilly and curry leaves. Add onion and fry. Now add tomato and fry until its cooked. No need to wait till it turns mushy. Add Dal and 1/2 cup water. Add salt, coriander leaves. Allow to boil for couple of minutes and switch off. Serve as side for hot rice or chapatti.

Note:

1. You can replace Thoor dal with moong dal or add both moong and thoor dal in 1:1 ratio as well.
2. Switch off few min before the right consistency as with in few minutes the dal will become little bit thick by itself.

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