Mix Daal

Ingredients

• ½ cup whole moong · sabut green daal
• ½ cup white beans
• ½ cup whole masoor · brown lentils
• ½ cup chana daal
• ½ cup whole urad

Spices

• 1½ tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp chilli flakes
• Salt to taste
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1 chicken cube

Other ingredients

• 1 chopped onion
• 1 chopped tomato
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 8 cups water
• 1 tsp cumin · zeera

Instructions

1. Soak all for 4 hours.
2. Add soaked daals to pressure cooker.
3. Add 1 chopped onion, 1 chopped tomato, 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste.
4. Add spices: 1½ tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp chilli flakes, salt to taste, ½ tsp turmeric and 1 chicken cube.
5. Add 8 cups water, mix well.
6. Pressure cook 20-25 mins (medium flame)
7. Final touch: check consistency; if thick, add 1 cup water & simmer 5 mins; add coriander, lemon, green chillies, julienne ginger.
8. Tarka: heat oil; add sliced onion, garlic, 1 tsp cumin (zeera), whole red chillies; fry golden & pour over daal.
9. Serve with rice or roti/naan.