Ingredients
1/2 cup moong dal/ Split yellow lentil
2 cups water
2 finely chopped tomatoes
1 inch crushed ginger
1/2 tsp turmeric/Haldi powder
Salt to taste
Chopped coriander leaves
1 tsp lemon juice
For the tempering:
2 tsp ghee
1 tsp mustard
2 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
2-3 slit green chillies
Pinch of Hing / asafoetida powder
Few curry leaves
Procedure
Wash moong dal and cook in cooker with 2-3 cups of water, chopped tomatoes, Crushed ginger and turmeric powder. Cook for 2-3 whistles.
Heat ghee in a pan, add mustard. Once it crackles, add curry leaves, jeera,hing and slit green chillies. Saute for a second.
Now pour the cooked dal, tomato mixture into the pan. Add water and adjust the consistency as per your taste.
Add salt to taste and let it boil. After 5 minutes, turn off the flame and garnish with chopped coriander leaves and lemon juice.
Serve hot with steamed rice.
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