Gholar Dal

• 250 g bengal gram dal
• 12 coconut
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 4 red chilies
• 1 pinch asafetida powder
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• salt
• 50 g vanaspati
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 pinch baking soda

1. Soak the dal in a soda for about 1 hour.
2. Boil dal with bay leaves and salt till cooked.
3. Make sure it is not fully mashed.
4. Cut coconut into small dices and fry in vanaspati till golden brown.
5. Prepare a tempering by heating vanaspati in a frying pan and adding cummin seeds, red chilli whole and asafoetida.
6. Add this to the dal.
7. Add the coconut and sugar and cook for another 2 minutes.
8. Serve hot with phulko luch.

gram dal, coconut, cumin, red chilies, asafetida powder, sugar, salt, vanaspati, bay leaves, baking soda

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/gholar-dal-10059 (may not work)