Dhal Fry

Ingredients:

Moong Dhal/Toor Dhal - 3/4 cup
Onions - 2
Tomato - 1
Green chilli - 2
Curry Leaves - a strip
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp
Jeera or Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - a pinch
Garlic - 1 pod
Salt to taste
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp

Method:

1. Pressure cook the dhal and keep it aside.
2. In a pan, heat oil, add mustard seeds, urad dhal, jeera, asafoetida, chopped green chillies, curry leaves, chopped garlic, onions chopped in lengths. Saute it for a minute.
3. Add a pinch of salt for onions to get cooked easily and fast.
4. Add tomatoes, let it cook for a while, till the tomatoes get cooked.
5. Add the boiled dhal, and add salt to the dhal, add chilli powder. Simmer the stove for few mins.
6. Garnish it with Coriander leaves and serve hot with Rice or chapathi.

Cheru Payaru (Whole Green Gram) Dry Curry / Sundal

Ingredients:

Whole Green Gram - 1 cup

Onions - 1

Salt to taste

Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp

Green Chillies - 2

Curry Leaves - 1 strip
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - a pinch
Oil - 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Soak the whole green gram in water for 1/2 an hour.
2. Boil it in a sauce pan till it is cooked. See to that it is not over cooked.
3. Drain it and keep aside.
4. In a pan, heat oil, add mustard seeds, urad dhal, asafoetida, green chillies, curry leaves, and mix well.
5. Add chopped onions and salt to it. Let it cook for few mins.
6. Add boiled green gram and grated coconut, mix well.
7. Serve hot with rice or puttu or it can be taken as it is like sundal.