Top Recipes..Arhar Dal

Ingredients:

1 cup Split Red Lentil (Masoor Dal)
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
1 tsp Cumin Seed Powder (Jeera)
2 Green Chilli (Hari mirch)
2 Dry Red Chilli (Saboot Lal Mirchi)
1 tsp chopped Ginger (Adrak)
2 Bay Leaf (Tej Patta)
10 gms Mixed Spices (onion seeds, fenugreek seeds, aniseeds, cuminseeds and mustard seeds)
2 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)
1 tsp Sugar
Salt to taste

Method:

Wash the dal and cook the dal in a saute use with the turmeric, salt and the sugar over a medium flame.
Add half of the ginger to the dal along with the cumin powder.
When the dal is cooked and thick remove from the fire.
Heat the ghee in a pan and add the mixed spices,(a little of onion seeds, fenugreek seeds , aniseeds, cumin seeds and mustard seeds all mixed together).
When the mustard seeds crackle add the bay leaf, remaining chopped ginger , slit green chillies and the broken red chillies. Fry for 2 minutes and pour over the dal. Mix thoroughly. serve hot.