Tomato Dal

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup toor dal

1 cup chopped tomato's 

1 onion, finely chopped

2 garlic cloves finely chopped

4 green chillies finely chopped

1 tbsp turmeric powder

1/2 tbsp red chilli powder

1 tbsp mustard seeds

1 tbsp cumin seeds

10 curry leaves

2 dry red chillies, broken into two

4 tbsp oil

salt (according to taste)

How to Prepare:

Wash dal untill water runs clear and leave to soak for 30 minutes. Pressure cook toor dal, tomato's, 3/4 of the chopped onions (reserve the remaining chopped onions) turmeric, salt, red chilli powder and green chillies with 3 cups of water and cook for 40 minutes or untill 3 whistles. Mash toor dal into smooth paste with the laddel.

Heat oil in a small saucepan over a medium heat, when hot add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. As as the mustard seeds pop add dry red chillies, reserved chopped onions, chopped garlic and curry leaves. Let the seasonings sizzle untill dry red chillies have ligtly darken in colour.

Pour the contents of seasoning over the tomato dal, scraping off every bit from the saucepan. Turn off the heat and keep the saucepan covered untill you are ready to serve.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve with hot rice and ghee.