BHOG KI DAL

U need:
Bengal gram(chola) dal: 1&1/2  cups
tomatoes: 2 medium cut into 4
ginger -green chillies paste: 2 tsp
turmeric:1/2 tsp
red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
bay leaf:2
red chilli:1
salt to taste
sugar :1 tsp
ghee: 2 tablsp
jeera(cumin seed): 1 tsp
asefodita: 1/2 tsp

Method:
1. Soak the dal for 5 hrs.Wash well and pressure cook the dal with 2 cups water and 2 bay leaf and turmeric powder for 3 whistle. Once the cooker is cool open lid,add the tomatoes and further cook in the cooker itself on gas for 10 mins till the tomatoes are mashed and blended well in the dal.
2. Add 1/2 cup water,salt and sugar and simmer.
3. In a kadai heat ghee.When hot add asefodita,jeera and red chilli. Saute.  Now add the ginger-green chilli paste,red chilli powder and stir briskly.Pour this over the simmering dal.
4.Cover the dal with a lid and off the gas.
5.Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with rice or rotis.

Note: The dal consistency can be thick,semi-thick or a little thin,according to taste.But it should not be watery.The semi thick dal tastes the best with rotis and slightly thinner version tastes good with rice.
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