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.