Ingredients:
- Toor dal - 2 cups
- Tomatoes - 3 large chopped into small cubes
- Garlic - 8 to 10 cloves
- Green chilies - 3 chopped into two inch pieces
- Cilantro - 6 sprigs chopped finely
- Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp
- Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
Preparation:
- Wash toor dal three or four times.
- Pressure-cook toor dal with 6 cups of water for 4 whistles (if you don’t have a pressure cooker, cook in a pot until the dal is soft and can be easily mushed with your fingers ~ 45 minutes.)
- In a separate pot, heat 4 tablespoons of oil and then add the garlic, green chillies, mustard seeds, and cumin seeds and fry till garlic turns slightly brown.
- Add the tomatoes with turmeric and salt to taste with one cup of water and cook until tomatoes are mushy.
- Add the cooked dal and cilantro and cook for two minutes.
Serve hot over steaming rice.