Plain Yellow Dal

Ingredients:-

Serves 2

· Pigeon pea (arhar or toor dal)- ¾ cup (120gm)
· Salt-1 tsp
· Turmeric (haldi)- 1 tsp
· Asafoetida (hing)- 2 pinches

For tadka:-

· Cumin seeds (jeera)- ½ tsp
· Mustard seeds (rai) - ½ tsp
· Red chilly powder (lal mirch) – ¼ tsp
· Turmeric powder (haldi) – ¼ tsp
· Coriander powder (dhaniya)- ¼ tsp
· Oil or ghee- 2 tsp

Method:-

Wash the dal and put it in a small pressure cooker. Add turmeric, salt and hing to it and let it boil for about 15-20 min. Allow the pressure of the cooker to come down and pour the boiled dal in a serving bowl.
Now prepare the tadka. Heat the oil in a small pan. Put mustard seeds and cumin seeds and let them crackle. Now add the spices and pour the tadka immediately in the dal and close the lid.
Now again boil the dal and mix water if needed to make it thin.
Serve hot garnished with chopped coriander.