Arhar Dal Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup Split Red Lentil (Masoor Dal)

1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder (Haldi)

1 tsp Cumin Seed Powder (Jeera)

2 Green Chilli (Hari mirch)

2 Dry Red Chily (Saboot Lal Mirchi)

1 tsp chopped Ginger (Adrak)

2 Bay Leaf (Tej Patta)

10 gms Mixed Spices (onion seeds,fenugreek seeds,aniseeds,cuminseeds and mustard
seeds) 2 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)

1 tsp Sugar

Salt to taste

How to make arhar dal:

Wash the dal and cook the dal in a sauteuse with the turmeric, salt and the sugar over a medium flame.

Add half of the ginger to the dal along with the cumin powder.

When the dal is cooked and thick remove from the fire.

Heat the ghee in a pan and add the mixed spices,(a little of onion seeds, fenugreek seeds , aniseeds, cumin seeds and mustard seeds all mixed together).

When the mustard seeds crackle add the bay leaf, remaining chopped ginger , slit green chilliesand the broken red chillies. fry for 2 minutes and pour over the dal.mix thoroughly. serve hot.