Dal Roti

Dal Roti

Ingredients:

Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu - 1 cup
Onion - 1 large chopped
Tomatoes - 2 large chopped
Green Chilli - 5 or to taste
Garlic - 10 cloves
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp
Ghee / Clarified Butter - 1 tblspn
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tblspn 
Coriander leaves / Cilantro - a big handful chopped 

Method:

Take washed dal, onions, tomatoes, green chilli, garlic, salt, turmeric powder in a pressure cooker.

Add in 3 cups of water and close the pressure cooker. Cook for 3 whistle, simmer the flame and cook for 5 mins. Switch off the flame and let the steam go all by itself.

Add more water if needed and boil the dal.

Now make the seasoning by heating ghee in a kadai, add in cumin seeds and let it splutter.

Pour this over the dal and mix well. Throw in a big handful of coriander leaves and mix well.

Serve this with roti.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients

Add washed dal to a pressure cooker

Add in onions, garlic, tomatoes and chillies

Add in turmeric and salt

Cover with water

Pressure cook

Dal is cooked

Heat ghee

Add a good amount of cumin seeds

Let them sizzle

Pour into the dal

Throw in lots of coriander leaves

Mix well

Serve