Dal Tadka

There are many varieties of dal that you can make.  With or without tomatoes, with different vegetables , with different dals or combination of dals etc.. Dal tadka is simple and basic dal which can be had with rice or roti.  And can be served as soup for dieters :-).  Yeah read somewhere that singer Adnaan Sami's dinner was a bowl of dal when he was trying to reduce his weight.

Ingredients:
Moong Dal / Toor dal - 1 cup (I prefer toor dal)
tomatoes - 3 chopped
Onions - 1 chopped
Turmeric - a pinch
Green chillies - 2 or 3
Garlic - 2/3 pods chopped
Ginger - a small piece chopped
Coriander chopped
Salt - to taste
Lemon juice - (according to the taste)
Water 2 glasses
Garam Masala 1/4 tsp
dhaniya powder 1/4 tsp
chilli powder 1/4 tsp
Jeera seeds (Cumin seeds) - 1/2 tsp
Sounf seeds - 1/2 tsp
Ghee - 2 tsps
oil  - 1 tsps

Method:
Pressure cook  dal with water and turmeric until 3 whistles.  If you don' t have a pressure cooker then just  take a microwavewable dish and cook dal with water for 25 mins.  Now take pan and add oil.  Add cumin seeds, sounf and add the Ginger and Garlic and fry.  Then add onion until it becomes translucent and then add tomatoes and green chillies.   Add the Garam Masala ,salt  and dhaniya powder cook for a minute.  Add diced tomatoes and let them cook until the oil seperates.  Now addd the cooked dal and let it simmer for 5 more minutes on slow heat.   Take a small fry pan add 2 tablespoons of ghee and add some red chilli powder and fry for a minute and  pour this on top of the dal .  Garnish with chopped coriander and enjoy.