Dal - South style

This is a quick and tasty one.You can prepare it plain without any vegetables or with vegetables. But instead of making plain dal, better add some carrot to it. You can savour this with rice or idli/dosa. If you like, you can also have it with chappathi

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Ingredients:

Vegetable : 1 medium potato (or) 1 medium carrot (or) 1 capsicum
mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Jeera : 1/2 tsp
asafoetida : 1/4 tsp
green chillies : 2 chopped
ginger : 1/2 inch chopped
Tomatoes: 1 medium
Moog dal : 1/2 cup & Tuwar dal : 1/2 cup (both pressure cooked)
sambhar powder : 1 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/8 to 1/4 tsp
Fresh coriander leaves: 1/4 cup chopped
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Take oil in a pan/vessel and add mustard seeds. Once it crackles, add jeera, asafoetida, green chillies, ginger.
2. Saute for half a minute and add chopped tomatoes. Saute for 1-2 min. (If you are using carrot/capsicum/potato, add them first before adding the tomatoes, saute for 1-2 min, then add tomatoes and again saute for 1-2 min.) (note: if you are using uncooked potatoes, you can follow step2, otherwise for boiled potatoes, you can add them during step 3)
3. Once tomatoes are half cooked, add 1 cup water, turmeric,  sambhar powder, salt and stir well. Bring the mixture to boil. Let it boil for 5-7 min (to allow the carrot/capsicum/potato to get cooked).
4. Add mashed dal (pressure cooked), if required add some water to bring to right consistency. Stir well and bring it to boil for 3-4 min.
5. Garnish with dhaniya leaves.


Note :
If you are going to have it for idli/dosa, let the consistency be little thinner.
You can also add curry leaves in step 1 if you like its flavour.