WHOLE GREEN GRAM DAL FRY

Hope you all had a great Diwali celebrations and back to Blogging..:))
This recipe I had in my friend's house...we liked it very much,a healthy and tasty dish, which is very easy to make also..
Hereby I am sending this recipe to wonderful and useful event conducted by our dear blogging friend easy crafts from Simple indian food ...
The event is Power less cooking event by Easy crafts


Ingredients

• Whole green gram dal -- 1 cup
• Onions                     -- 2 medium
• Tomato                    -- 2 big
• Ginger garlic paste(ready-made) --1 tsp
• Turmeric powder         -- 1/4 tsp
• Red chillie powder     -- 1/2 tsp
• Garam masala powder  -- 1/2 tsp
• Mustard                    -- 1/2 tsp
• Jeera                        -- 3/4 tsp
• Ghee/oil                     -- 2 tsp
• Salt as needed

 

Method

• Soak dal to approx 4-6 hours and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.
• Chop onions and tomatoes finely.
• Heat a heavy bottomed vessel with ghee/oil and Add mustard and jeera.
• After spluttering,add onions and fry for to min till translucent and add ginger garlic paste and fry till that raw smell disappears.
• Add chopped tomatoes along with salt,other spice powders mentioned and fry till tomatoes turns mushy.
• Add 2 cups water and bring to boil.
• Then add cooked dal and stir well and cook in low flame for 5-8 minutes,till it becomes a thick gravy.
• If you want the gravy thick try to mash a little dhal with your ladle itself.
• Top with butter or fresh cream and serve with any pulavs or Plain rice or rotis/chappatis....:))

• Hope this dish will be valid for the event!!