Kadai Dal

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Ingredients:

• Toor dal: 1 cup.


• Tomatoes:2 medium sized.


• Onion:1 medium sized.


• Ginger garlic paste:1 tbsp.


• Mustard :1tsp.


• Cumin seeds:1 tsp.


• Turmeric powder:1 pinch.


• Curry leaves:4 -5.


• Coriander leaves(chopped):1 tbsp.


• Green chillies:3-4.


• salt:Adjust to taste.

Procedure:

• Clean the dal neatly and pressure cook it for 2-3 whistles.


• In the mean time cut the onion into small slices and tomatoes into small pieces.


• Slit the green chillies.


• Heat the oil in a kadai and cracle mustard seeds.


• Add jeera,green chillies and fry for few seconds.


• Add ginger garlic paste and fry for one minute.


• Add curry leaves,onion and fry until it turns golden brown.


• Add tomato pieces and saute well and add turmeric powder,salt and fry for one minute.


• Now add  cooked dal and fry give a nice stir.


• Now add coriander leaves for garnishing.


• Now the kadai dal is ready.


• This is the super combination for chapathi or roti.

Spicy Upma

 

 

Ingredients:

• sooji(regular)/upma ravva:1 cup.


• Bay leaves:8


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• urad dal(split):1 tsp.


• chana dal:1 tsp.


• turmeric powder:a pinch.


• salt:adjust to taste.


• Garam masala powder:1/2 tsp.


• Red chilli powder:1/2 tsp.


• Fresh coconut(grated):2 tbsp.


• lemon:1


• coriander:2 tbsp.


• Ginger garlic paste:1 tsp.


• Green chillies:4(slit).


• Onion:1(medium sized).


• Carrot:1(finely chopped).


• Tamotoes:2(medium sized).


• oil:2 tbsp.


• Ghee:2 tbsp.


• Water:3 cups.

Note:

• Ginger garlic paste is optional.you can use only ginger pieces which is finely chopped into very small pieces.

Procedure:

• Roast the ravva(Dry roast) until it turns golden brown color or otherwise until nice aroma occurs.


• Heat oil in a kadai and cracle mustard seeds and then fry urad dal and chana dal until they turn golden brown.


• Now add bay leaves,green chillies,ginger garlic paste(or)thin ginger pieces as you prefer and fry for half a minute.


• Now add thin sliced onionsuntil they turn golden brown color.


• Now add chopped carrot and tomato pieces(cut the tomato into very small pieces) and cook until the tomato turns into pulp.


• Add red chilli powder,turmeric,garam masala and cook for one minute.


• Now add water and cover the lid and let it boil.


• Add the salt,ghee and add sooji slowly by continuously stirring(so no lumps aer formed) the water in kadai.


• Cover it and cook it in low flame for 5 minutes until it is cooked.


• Now turn off the flame


• Add chopped coriander,lemon juice and give mix it nicely.