Masala toor dal

Ingredients

• Toor Dal - 1 ½ cup
• Oil - 2 Tabs
• Unsalted butter - 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Dry Red Chillies - 2
• Asafoetida powder - ¼ tsp
• Onion - 2
• Green Chillies - 2
• Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
• Tomato - 2 finely chopped
• Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Coriander powder - 1 tsp
• Garam masala - ½ tsp
• Coriander leaves - for garnishing

Preparation

• Pressure cook dal for 3 minutes in medium flame with very minimal water.
• Now in a pan, heat oil and add ginger garlic paste in this.
• Fry this for couple of minutes. Put chopped onion and green chilli in this.
• Fry onion till it is transparent. Add tomatoes in this along with all dry masalas.
• Fry till you see fat at the edges in pan. Now add cooked dal in this along with salt.
• Cook dal for 2-3 minutes in this masala and then remove from heat. Now in another pan heat butter.
• Add cumin seeds and red chilli, allow it to crack. Put asafoetida in this and put this seasoning into dal.
• Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve with anything you want.

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