SPICY TOOR DAL KADAYAL (Kugan )

SPICY TOOR DAL KADAYAL

Ingredients:

(A)
½ cup toor dal soaked for 20 minutes
4 ripe red tomatoes, cut into 4
3 green chillies, cut across
1 marble sized tamarind without seeds
1 tsp chillie powder
1 ½ cups of water

(B)
Salt to taste

(C)
Seasonings:
1 tbs oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
2 dried chillies broken
½ tsp cumin seeds
4 pips of garlic smashed
1 sprig curry leaves

Method:
Add all the ingredients in (A) into a pressure cooker.
Cook for about 4 whistles, off the stove and let it release the steam.
Open the cooker, add in enough salt, use a spoon or “mathu” and mash the contents well.
Heat a pan, add in the mustard seed, let it crackle well.

Add in the cumin seeds and the dry chillies.
Lastly add in the smashed garlic and saute till the garlic turns golden brown.
Add in the curry leaves, stir and remove.
Pour the seasonings on to the dal and mash again once more.
Serve with steaming rice with a dollop of ghee.

NOTE: You can even cook it in a pot without using the pressure cooker.