Tadka Dal(Paruppu)

Ingredients:

1 cup Toor dal

1 1/2tbsp Yellow onion (chopped)

1/2 Tomato (chopped)

2 green chilli (slit)

1/4tsp Turmeric powder

Salt

Tadka:

4 dry red chillies (broken)

1/2tsp mustard seeds

1/2tsp urad dal

1tsp cumin seeds

1 1/2tbsp Yellow onion (chopped)

2 garlic pods (minced)

1-2 green chilli (chopped)

5-6 Curry leaves

Pinch of Asafoetida

1 1/2tbsp ghee

How to:

• Pressure cook the toor dal along with onion, tomato, green chilli and turmeric powder.

• Once cooked, mash it up, adjust the salt and keep it aside.

• In a pan, heat ghee, add the tadka ingredients in the given order and fry'em.

• Now add it to the mashed dal and mix it well.

• Finally, garnish with cilantro.

Serve with steamed rice or chapathi.

Who doesn't love paruppu sadam (rice) with ghee?