Andhra Style Tomato Dal Recipe

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Tomato Dal is a popular Household dish of Andhra. The addition of tomato gives a nice tangy taste. This dish can be very easily prepared at your home within few minutes. You can include this dish in your daily lunch or dinner menu and it tastes best with hot steamed rice. Let’s follow this recipe.

Ingredients

1 cupPigeon peas (arhar dal)
2Tomatoes, chopped
1Onion, chopped
2–3Green chilies, chopped
1/2 tspMustard seeds (sarson)
1/2 tspCumin seeds (jeera)
1/2 tspMTR Haldi/Turmeric Powder
1/2 tspRed Chili Powder
8-10Curry leaves (kadi patta)
a pinchAsafoetida (hing)
1 tbspGhee (clarified butter)
1/4th cupCoriander leaves (hara dhania), finely chopped

Directions

Step1In a pressure cooker, add ghee and then add mustard seed and jeera and fry it for a min.
Step2Then add chopped onions, kadi patta and green chilies and fry it for a min.
Step3Add tomatoes, Red Chili Powder, turmeric powder, hing and salt and mix it nicely and then add dal and ½ cup of water.
Step4Mix it nicely and cook on a medium flame for 20 minutes and switch off the flame.
Step5Transfer it on a serving bowl and garnish it with coriander leaves and serve it with steamed rice.