Andhra Style Tomato Dal
- luvlittlehearts
- Oct 6, 2016
- 1 min read
Ingredients Toor Dal- 3/4 cup Tomatoes- 3 medium Shallots- 4-5 Ginger- 1 inch thick Green chilly-4 Turmeric powder-1/3 tsp Chilly powder- 1/2 tsp Salt to taste For the tempering Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp Fennel seeds- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds- a pinch Garlic- 1 pod Dry red chilly-2 Curry leaves- a few Ghee/ oil- 1 tsp
Method: Wash and soak toor dal for about 3 hours. Pressure cook this along with tomatoes, shallots, green chilly,ginger, turmeric powder and chilly powder and salt. Cook this for ten minutes or three whistles. Once lentil is nicely cooked mash with a wooden spoon. Slightly crush garlic and cumin and set aside. Heat ghee/oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and fennel seeds. When the splutter add red chilly and curry leave and saute for a few seconds and add the crushed garlic and cumin. Fry till there is a nice aroma. Pour this over the dal.Serve with rice or chapatis.
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