Methi dal

Ingredients

• 1 cuptoor dal
• 2 cupfresh methi leaves
• 1 onion
• 1 tomato
• 3 garlic
• ½ tspturmeric
• 1 tspcumin seeds
• ½ tspmustard seeds
• 1 green chilli
• 1 tspsalt
• 1 tbspghee or oil
• 4 cupwater

Method

1. 1.Rinse the toor dal and boil it with turmeric and water until it is soft. Mash it lightly and add salt.
2. 2.Wash and chop the methi. Heat ghee or oil, splutter mustard and cumin, then add garlic, chilli and onion.
3. 3.When the onion is pale gold, add tomato and cook until soft. Stir in methi and cook until it wilts.
4. 4.Pour the tadka into the dal, simmer for 5 minutes and add a splash of water if it is thicker than you like.