Ingredients
- Step1
-
- 1
- cup whole moong dal
- 6
- For 6 hours soak moong dal in water and then drain it, and add to pressure cooker
- 2¼
- cups water add to cooker
- ¼
- teaspoon turmeric add to cooker
- ½
- teaspoon salt add to cooker
- Step2
-
- 1
- tablespoon ghee
- ⅕
- teaspoon asafoetida/heeng
- ½
- teaspoon jeera
- ¼
- teaspoon turmeric
- ¼
- teaspoon red chilli powder- as per taste, even optional
- 5
- cloves, crush using mortar
- 9
- peppercorns, crush using mortar
- 1
- green chilli split half way
- 1
- teaspoon coriander powder
- ¼
- teaspoon garam masala
- ¼
- cup milk - optional
- 2
- inch ginger, grate it
- 1
- big onion, grate it or chop it small
- 3
- medium sized tomatoes, puree/grind it
Directions
- Follow Step1. Pressure cook on medium to high flame for 1 whistle.
Then on low flame for 3 minutes. Wait for cooker to cool down before you open it.
- Follow ingredients in Step2. Heat the wok, add 1 table spoon ghee
- Add item from step2 into wok- heeng, jeera, chilli, coriander, cloves, pepper, split geen chilli, grated ginger.
- Add grated onion and add 1/2 table spoon salt. Cook all the items in the wok well, till it starts leaving oil.
- Add the pureed tomatoes, cook it well
- Add the prepared dal from Step1
- boil the dal in high flame for 2-3 minutes
- Add the optional milk and give one boil
- Add garam masala and mix it well, give one quik boil. Garnish coriander
- Recipe reference
- You are ready to serve
