Plain Dal with Okra Stew & Ghee

Recipe Ingredients: 

For Plain Dal:

1 cup toor dal

3 cups water

salt (according to taste) 

For Okra Stew:

300 gm okra
1 large onion, chopped
1 lemon sized tamarind
1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
1 sprig of curry leaves
3 dried red chillies
1 tbsp chilli powder
1/4 tbsp turmeric

salt (according to taste)

How to Prepare Plain Dal:

  

Dry roast the toor dal and pressure cook it with water and a drop of oil for about 30 minutes. After dal is completely cooked add salt and mash it with wooden smasher or spoon.

 How to Prepare Okra Stew:

Cut Okra into large pieces. Soak the tamarind in water and microwave for a minute. Keep this aside. 

In a pressure cooker, add some oil, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and red chillies. When they splutter, add onions and fry them till they are transparent. 

Add turmeric, chilli powder and mix well. Add okra and mix well. Add 1-2 cups of water and pressure cook for one whistle. 

After the pressure is gone, add the tamarind pulp and salt and let it boil.Cook untill desired constituency is reached.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve hot with rice and ghee.