WEST INDIAN DISHES:TOOR DAAL RECIPE

TOOR DAAL RECIPE

Ingredients: 1 cup Tuvar (Toor) Daal 1 Pinch Turmeric Powder  Salt To Taste  1 Lemons  1/2 tsp Jaggery  1 Pinch Asafoetida  1 tbsp Ghee  2 Dry Red Chillies  1/4 tsp Cumin Seeds  3 Garlic Cloves  

Preparation:

1. Pressure cook tuvar dal with sufficient water and turmeric powder. 
2. Mash the dal, after it has been cooked. 
3. Chop the garlic cloves finely. 
4. Heat the ghee in a pan, add cumin seeds, dry red chillies and garlic cloves. Fry till they pop up. 
5. Add the dal with 2 cups of water and salt. 
6. Cook until the toor daal boils, then add jaggery. Cook for 4-5 minutes more. 
7. When the tuvar dal is cooled add lemon juice and serve.