Basic Indian Dal

• ** You will need a pressure cooker to make Dal
• Cooking Time: 25-30 mins
• Ingredients:
• Yellow Dal - 1 Cup
• Jeera seeds - 2 tsp
• Green Chilly - 1
• Ginger - grated 1 tsp
• Garlic - grated 3-4 cloves (Optional)
• Cinnamon sticks - 1 or 2 (1- inch size)
• Cloves - 3 - 4
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
• Onions chopped - 1 cup
• Tomato chopped - 1 cup
• Salt - to taste
• Butter - 2-3 tbsp (Can substitute with Oil or a mixture of both)
• Water - 2 - 2 1/2 cups of water for every cup of dal
• Coriander - for garnish

1. Preparation:
2. 1. Wash the yellow dal and keep aside
3. 2. Place pressure cooker on stove set on medium fire or heat
4. 3. Put butter and add Jeera seeds, cinnamon sticks and cloves to the butter when it is melted
5. 4. When the Jeera seeds splinter, add garlic, ginger and green chillies
6. 5. After a minute, add onions and saute until the onions get a pink shade. (This takes approximately 2 minutes)
7. 6. Add tomatoes and cook until the raw smell of the tomatoes is gone
8. 7. Now sprinkle the turmeric powder
9. 8. Add the washed dal and mix ingredients well
10. 9. Pour 2 - 2 1/2 cups of dal depending on the consistency preferred
11. 10. Now add salt to taste
12. 11. Close the pressure cooker lid and place the pressure cooker weight
13. 12. Wait for 3 whistles and bring to low heat
14. 13. Turn off the stove after 2 minutes
15. 14. Remove the weight after 15 mins

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/basic-indian-dal-50080266 (may not work)