Ingredients:

  • ½ cup soaked Arhar dal (Yellow Pigeon Pea)
  • ½ tomato
  • 5 dried kokum
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon cumin powder
  • ½ teaspoon coriander powder
  • ½ teaspoon garam masala
  • 1 green chili, slit
  • ½ teaspoon ginger paste
  • Salt to taste
  • 1teaspoon jaggery
  • ½ cup California walnuts, chopped
  • 3 cups of water

For the Seasoning:

  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
  • ½ teaspoon cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon fenugreek
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 dried red chilies
  • 5-10 curry leaves

Preparation:

  1. Wash the dal and put in a pressure cooker with all the other ingredients for the dal.
  2. Fill half the pressure cooker with water, close the lid and let it boil until three whistles. Turn off the heat.
  3. Wait till the air is released from the cooker and then open it.
  4. Take a blender stick or an old school dal grinder and mash the dal.
  5. In another pan, heat the oil and add all the spices under seasoning, fry until they turn aromatic then add curry leaves.
  6. Pour it over the hot dal and cook until the dal gets a little thick.
  7. Serve with steaming hot rice and a fresh salad!