CHANA DAL CURRY

(SOUTH INDIAN STYLE)

INGREDIENTS

1 cup chana dal (washed and soaked in water for 45 minutes)

1 cup coconut milk, 1 cup grated coconut

1 tsp lemon juice, 1 tsp crushed ginger

1 tsp garlic paste, 1 onion finely sliced

¼ cup desi ghee or refined oil

3-4 green chilies finely chopped

4-6 curry leaves 2 bay leaves

½ tsp black mustard seed

A pinch of hing and methi dana

Mixture of Following Masala

1 tsp red chilly powder, 1 tsp dhania powder

½ tsp zeera powder, ½ tsp turmeric powder

½ tsp garam masala

METHOD

1 Cook chana dal with water, turmeric and salt, the dal should not be over cooked, cook for some time without cover to dry the dal, take it out and keep aside

2 Heat a pan, add desi ghee, add hing, methi dana and curry leaves and let it splutter, now add onion and sauté it, add ginger, garlic patste,and green leaves, fry it, add little water and allow it to boil

3 Now add dal, and mixture of masala and cook for some time till the oil separates, add grated coconut and coconut milk, cook till it is done.

4 Garnish with remaining grated coconut, serve hot with Nan, Roti, Paratha etc