Healthy and Yummy....Methi Daal Recipe

Even though we eat Non-veg food, I have always been fond of simple vegetarian dishes. I usually love any kind of daals but this one is my favorite as its so easy to make and tastes really really good plus its very good for you too.

For this recipe I am not going to give separate ingredients list as you will see, only few things go in it and those I will tell you step by step.

In a pressure cooker add 1 cup of toor daal, 1 cup of chopped methi leaves, 3 cloves of garlic chopped finely, 1 medium tomato chopped, 1 small onion chopped, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, a pinch of hing. Add sufficient water ( Make sure not much of water as you need the end result a bit thicker than normal daals) and cook this for 3-4 whistles till daal is soft and almost mashed. I mash this mixture smooth with a masher.

Now make a tadka. Heat 3 tsp oil and once heated add 1 tsp cumin seeds, pinch of hing, 3 sliced garlic cloves. Once the garlic turns light brown, add 1 tsp paprika or kashmiri red chilli powder(you can even add red chillies dry 2 broken in half instead of chilli powder if you like). As soon as you add this switch the gas off. Now mix well and add this to the daal mixture. Add 1 lemon juice, salt and boil. I sometimes also add a little piece of jaggeri to balance the spicy taaste out but its optional. Serve hot with chapaties or rice. We all love this daal at our home because you get so many good things out of it and it tastes yummy....Hope you all like this too.