Ingredients

** You will need a pressure cooker to make Dal

Cooking Time: 25-30 mins

Ingredients:

Yellow Dal - 1 Cup

Jeera seeds - 2 tsp

Green Chilly - 1

Ginger - grated 1 tsp

Garlic - grated 3-4 cloves (Optional)

Cinnamon sticks - 1 or 2 (1- inch size)

Cloves - 3 - 4

Turmeric - ½ tsp

Onions chopped - 1 cup

Tomato chopped - 1 cup

Salt - to taste

Butter - 2-3 tbsp (Can substitute with Oil or a mixture of both)

Water - 2 - 2 ½ cups of water for every cup of dal

Coriander - for garnish

Preparation

Preparation:

  1. Wash the yellow dal and keep aside
  2. Place pressure cooker on stove set on medium fire or heat
  3. Put butter and add Jeera seeds, cinnamon sticks and cloves to the butter when it is melted
  4. When the Jeera seeds splinter, add garlic, ginger and green chillies
  5. After a minute, add onions and sauté until the onions get a pink shade. (This takes approximately 2 minutes)
  6. Add tomatoes and cook until the raw smell of the tomatoes is gone
  7. Now sprinkle the turmeric powder
  8. Add the washed dal and mix ingredients well
  9. Pour 2 - 2 ½ cups of dal depending on the consistency preferred
  10. Now add salt to taste
  11. Close the pressure cooker lid and place the pressure cooker weight
  12. Wait for 3 whistles and bring to low heat
  13. Turn off the stove after 2 minutes
  14. Remove the weight after 15 mins