Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup – black gram dal
• 1/4 cup – green gram dal
• 1 large – onion, finely chopped
• 1 – tomato, finely chopped
• 1 tsp – Ginger Garlic paste
• 4 – green chillies, finely chopped
• 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp – Lemon juice
• salt
• 3 tbsp – Ghee
• 1 tsp – chopped coriander
• 1 tsp – each cumin and Mustard Seeds
• 2 pinches – Asafoetida
• 1 tsp – Sugar
• Seasoning: 1 – Bay Leaf
• 4 – Cloves
• 1 – Cinnamon stick

Method:

1. Wash the dal and pressure cook it in 2 cups of water. Let it cool and remove it from the cooker.
2. Mash it lightly with a spoon. Heat half the ghee in a deep saucepan.
3. Add seeds, asafoetida, and seasoning to it. Allow it to splutter.
4. Add ginger garlic paste and fry it for a minute.
5. Add onions and fry it till it is light brown in colour.
6. Add tomatoes and green chillies to it. Fry it for 2-3 minutes more.
7. Add dal and bring it to a boil.
8. Add turmeric, salt, sugar and lemon juice to it.
9. Take it in a serving dish.
10. Heat the remaining ghee in a small saucepan. Add chopped coriander to the hot ghee and pour the dal over it immediately. Stir it gently.
11. Serve it with hot parathas or rice.

Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi