Dal ‘Fry’
Ingredients
- 1 cup tur dal (pigeon pea) or any other lentils cooked
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- ½ tsp asafoetida
- 1 green chilli, finely chopped
- 1 tomato
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- sea salt to taste
- 1 cup water
- juice from ½ a lime
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
Method
Temper the mustard and cumin seeds till they begin to splutter. Add the tomatoes, green chilli and cook a bit. Add the dal, turmeric and some water and bring to a boil. Add salt and garnish with chopped coriander and lime juice.
Variation– You can avoid tomatoes. Add other flavours like ginger, garlic, fenugreek seeds etc as per your taste
Serves 4