Ingredients:

• Onion – 1
• Green gram – 1/2 cup
• Coriander powder – 1/2 tsp
• Chilli powder – 1/4 tsp
• Ginger – a small piece
• Garlic – 4 Cloves
• Salt – 3/4 tsp
• Coriander leaves – a few sprigs

Method:

1. Cook the green gram well.
2. Chop 3/4th of the onion into small pieces.
3. Grind the remaining piece of onion with coriander powder, salt, ginger and garlic into a paste -using little water.
4. Fry the chopped onions in 2 tsp of vegetable oil.
5. Add the paste to it once the onion turns brown in colour.
6. Stir it for a while.
7. Add the cooked daal and cook till they mix well.
8. Garnish the dal with coriander leaves.

Recipe courtesy of Shreelakshmi