Ingredients:
Pasara dal or Toor dal -2 cups
Lime juice-1/4 cup
Chopped green chillies-4
Chopped onion-1
Turmeric powder-a pinch
Red chilli powder-1 tablespoon
Garlic cloves-2
Salt-1 tablespoon
Oil-2 tablespoons
1 teaspoon mustard seeds, one teaspoon cumin seeds, 1 teaspoon urad dal, 1 teaspoon gram dal, ¼ teaspoon fenugreek seeds, 3-4 dry chilly pieces and a few curry leaves
Procedure:
1. Wash the dal and cook until it becomes soft.
2. Add chopped green chillies, chopped onion, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt to it and cook it for five minutes on a medium flame.
3. Meanwhile, heat oil in a pan and add the dry chillies, garlic, gram dal, urad dal, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves.
4. Let them splutter and add it to the dal and cook it for two more minutes. Turn off the stove and mix it with the lime juice. It is not advisable to cook the dal after adding the lime juice because it makes the dal taste bitter.
5. Serve with hot rice and papad. I fried the store bought sabudana papad.