Monday, 2 May 2011

CUCUMBER WITH DAL

Another simple dish with available ingredients.



CUCUMBER WITH DAL

Ingredients:
2 cups of cucumber cut into cubes
½ cup toor dal soaked and boiled till cooked
1 tomato chopped
1 onion sliced
2 green chillies sliced
1 sprig curry leaves
½ tsp red chillie powder
¼ tsp tumeric powder
2 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urad dal
Little asafetida powder
Salt to taste

Method:
Heat oil in a wok, add in the mustard seeds , urad dal and asafetida.
When it splutters, add in the curry leaves, onions and green chillies.
Sauté well, add in the chopped tomatoes, chillie powder, tumeric,
And the cooked toor dal and the cucumber. Stir nicely.
Add salt and little water if the dal is very thick.
Let it boil once and remove. Serve as side dish for rice.

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