Thursday, March 4, 2010

Green gram dal

This recipe serves two.

Ingredients:
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  • Whole green gram dal - 1 cup
  • Tomato - 1 medium size
  • Onion - 1 medium size
  • Garlic - 2 pods(optional)
  • Ginger - 2 tsp - crushed
  • Green chillies - 4
  • turmeric powder - a pinch
  • salt - to taste
  • Coriander leaves - to garnish
  • lemon - 1/2
  • Jeera - 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder - 1 tsp
  • oil - 1 tsp
Method:
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  • Wash the dal and soak it in warm water for 2 hours.
  • Chop onions and tomatoes finely.Slit open the green chillies.
  • Add onions,tomatoes,chopped and crushed ginger,,green chillies,turmeric powder,salt and 2 cups of water to the dal and pressure cook.(one whistle on a high flame and switch off after 15 min)
  • Slightly mash the cooked dal .
  • In a tava,add 1/2 tsp of oil and 1 tsp of jeera.When it splutters,add 2 pods of garlic and saute.
  • When it turns brown,add the mashed and cooked dal.
  • Add 1 tsp of coriander powder and allow to boil.
  • Set aside to cool for a while.
  • Garnish with coriander leaves and squeeze 1/2 a lemon to the dal.
Serve with roti/chappati.


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