Dal Tadka - My simple version

Dal is THE comfort food for many people. Like others, we too enjoy a simple dinner of Rice and Dal :). It is just heavenly when you taste home cooked simple dal and rice after a busy and a tiring day at work. DH loves dal /blush and he is the most happiest person at home when the menu for the day has DAL....Its a surprise dinner for him today with his favorite food. Lets take a look at Dal Tadka - My simple version.

Ingredients:

• Toor Dal - 1/2 cup
• Tomatoes - 2 medium sized (I used grape tomatoes)
• Salt - To taste
• Water - 2 cups

For the seasoning:

• Ghee / oil - 1 tbsp (I used coconut oil)al cooks fast and gets really
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds / jeera - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida - A pinch
• Curry leaves - a few
• Cilantro - Finely chopped for garnishing
• Dry Red chillies - 3-4

Method:

• Soak the Toor dal for 15 min. By doing so the dal cooks faster and gets really mushy. 

• Add salt, tomatoes and pressure cook for about 4-5 whistles.

• For the seasoning, take a tadka pan and add the ghee/ oil. I used coconut oil to get an authentic south Indian taste.

• Add the mustard seeds and allow it to pop. Then add cumin seeds, dry red chilies, asafoetida and curry leaves.

• Pour the tadka/seasoning into the cooked dal and mix well.

• Garnish with cilantro and serve hot with basmati rice or phulka rotis. 

• Enjoy!!

Notes:

• You can use ghee or any kind of oil suited to your taste.
• You can choose to add tomatoes or make a plain dal without any veggies which would taste just as fine.
• You can even use moong dal or masoor dal/red lentils for this dal tadka.