Arhar Daal/toor daal/tuvar daal with Tomato and Coriander

Arhar daal is a very popular daal. It can be cooked in various ways and is a rich source of vitamins and proteins. It has very high level of proteins and thus is extremely nutritous. This daal recipe is very simple and easy to cook.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

Arhar daal: 1 cup
Jeera Seeds: 1 tea spoon
Dried red chillies: 1
Cumin powder
turmeric powder
Asafoetida
Tomato: 1 minced into small pieces
coriander leaves finely chopped
refined oil

Method
Take the arhar/tuvar daal/toor daal, pressure cook it and keep it aside.

Now take a tadka pan, add 2 table spoon of oil in it. Let the oil heat and then add a pinch of asafoetida, the dried red chillies and jeera seeds. Let these splutter in the oil for sometime. Then add the minced tomato and cook it for some time so that it becomes tender. Then add a small amount turmeric powder and cumin powder to the oil.                                                                                                            




 Add the tadka to the daal and let the daal simmer for sometime. Add some salt from above. Let it cook for sometime and attain a thick consistency. Now add the chopped coriander leaves from above for garnishing. Finely add a table spoon of ghee for a good aroma. Serve hot with rice or paranthas.