SIMPLE SPICY DAL (Kugan )

SIMPLE SPICY DAL

Ingredients:

¾ cup toor dal
¼ cup channa dal
Salt to taste

1 tbs oil
A pinch of asafetida powder
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
3 green chillies, slit into 4 and cut across
1 sprig curry leaves
1 big onion chopped 

1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
2 red tomatoes chopped

1 tsp chillie powder
1 tsp cumin powder
¼ tsp turmeric powder
1 tbs coriander powder

½ tsp garam masala
1 tbs lime juice
1 tbs chopped coriander leaves

Method:
Soak the two dals for ½ an hour. Then pressure cook with salt and 5 cups of water,
for about 4 whistles, let the steam subside by itself. Keep aside.

Heat a pot with the oil, add in the asafetida powder. Add slso the mustard seeds.
Let it crackle, add in the cumin seeds, green chillies, curry leaves and the onions.
Sauté till the onions turn limp.

Add in the ginger and garlic paste, stir fry till raw smell goes.
Add in the tomatoes, and cook till it turns a bit mushy.
Add in the chillie, cumin, turmeric and coriander powders.

Mix well and cook for a minute. Add in the cooked dal.
See that the dal is not very thick. Add little water if you feel the dal thick.
Let it come to a nice boil, simmer for few minutes.

Now add in the garam masala powder, lime juice and cut coriander leaves.
Give a nice stir and remove from the stove.
It goes well with rice or roti.