Dal fry

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup toor dal or (¾ cup toor dal + ¼ cup moong dal)
• 2 to 2 ¼ cups water (use more if cooking in pot)
• Salt as needed

For tempering dal fry

• 1 ½ tbsps ghee or oil or butter
• ½ to ¾ tsp cumin or jeera
• ½ tsp mustard 
• 1 red chilli broken
• 1 to 2 green chilies slit or chopped
• 1 medium onion chopped finely
• 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste  
• 1 large tomato chopped or pureed 
• ¼ tsp turmeric 
• ¼ to ½ tsp red chili powder 
• ¼ tsp Garam masala
• handful coriander leaves chopped finely 

Method:

• Wash toor dal a few times until water runs clear.Add water to the pot or pressure cooker along with dal. Cook on a medium heat for 2 whistles. If making in a pot add more water as needed and cook until soft and mushy.
  

  
• Heat a pan with ghee, oil or butter. Add mustard, cumin and red chili if using. When they begin to splutter.Next add onions and green chilies. Saute until the onions turn golden.
  

  
• Add ginger garlic paste and fry until the raw smell goes off.
  
• Then add tomatoes and salt. Saute on a medium flame until tomatoes turn soft.
  

  
• Add red chili powder, garam masala and turmeric.Saute for 2 mins till the masala begins to smell good & leaves the pan.
  

  
• Add the cooked and mashed dal. Add water if needed to bring it to a consistency.Stir well and allow to cook until the dal begins to bubble well.This may take about 3 to 5 mins.
  

  
• When dal reaches the desired consistency, Serve dal fry with rice, roti or paratha.