DAL FRY -2 !!!!!

My today's recipe is from SHARMIS PASSIONS.  This goes well with jeera rice, plain rice or rotis. I served it with jeera rice. 

INGREDIENTS:-

Toor Dal - 3/4 cup
Chana Dal - 1/4 cup
Moong Dal - 2.5 tbsp
Onion -1 chopped finely
Tomato - 2 medium sized chopped roughly
Ginger - 1 tsp finely chopped
Garlic - 2 tsp finely chopped + 2 whole crushed
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp + 1/4 tsp
Kasoori Methi - 1 tsp crushed
Coriander Leaves - 1/2 tbsp finely chopped
Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
Water - as required
Salt - to taste

To temper:

Oil - 1 tsp
Ghee - 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - a sprig
Red Chillies - 1 whole
Green Chillies - 1 finely chopped

METHOD:-

1. Get your dals ready . Mix the dals, rinse it well and pressure cook with 2.5 cups(till immersing level) of water,1/4 tsp of turmeric powder and a tsp of oil for 5 whistles or until the dal turn mushy.
2. Using a laddle mash it up.Get your other ingredients ready meanwhile.Heat oil + ghee in a pan - add the items listed under 'to temper' let it splutter then add ginger, garlic and saute till slightly brown.
3. Then add onion and saute till it turns transparent, then add tomato and remaining 1/4 tsp turmeric powder saute till raw smell of tomatoes leave.Then add cooked dal.
4. Add required water till it becomes little runny.Check for salt and adjust at this stage.Simmer and let it boil for 5mins. Then add coriander leaves and give a quick stir.At the stage of switching off, crush kasoori methi and add it.Give a stir and switch off.Drizzle lemon juice while serving.
5. Serve hot with rice or roti(phulka)!

HAPPY COOKING :))))))

 Notes:

• While serving drizzle a tsp of ghee for extra flavour.
• The measurement of dal I have given is according to our taste and liking, feel free to experiment.
• The consistency should neither thick nor runny, should be in between the 2 as you can see in the pics.
• You can even use just toor dal alone or a mix of massor dal and toor dal. I wanted to have all the 3 dals and it tasted so good. Don't add mong dal more than the mentioned amount as it may make the dal fry sticky.
• Adding green chillies and red chillies together gives a great flavour.You can skip the chillies and add 1/2 tsp red chilly powder instead.
• Add kasoori methi only at the last stage else it will make the dal slightly bitter.
• Dal thickens with time so switch it off accordingly.