Ingredients:
- Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu - 1 cup
- Tamarind paste - 1 tblspn
- Jaggery / Sarkarai - 2 tblspn
- Salt to taste
For Tempering:
- Ghee - 2 tblspn
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 small stick
- Cardamom / yelakai - 3 crushed
- Cloves / Krambu - 3
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Dry Red Chilli - 2
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - 1/4 tsp
- Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp
- Coriander powder / Malli podi - 1 tblspn
- Chilli powder - 1 tsp
- Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Method:
- Wash dal in lots of water. Soak it for 30 mins. Now drain it and add it to a pot and cover it with water.
- Cook the dal for 20-30 mins till it is completely cooked.
- At this point you can adjust the water level.
- Now add in tamarind,jaggery and salt. Mix well.
- Now start by making the tadka. In another frying pan add ghee and heat it up.
- Add all the ingrediants given in the tempering list in the given order and saute on low heat for a min.
- Pour this seasoning over the dal and mix well.
- Simmer this whole thing for 5 mins.
- Serve over rice or roti.
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