Total Time: 40 minutes
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes
Serves: 4-5

Ingredients:

• Moong Dal: 1/2 cup
• Chillies: 8 – 10 small chopped
• Onions: 1 small chopped
• Tomato: 1 small diced
• Curry leaves: 4
• Garlic Paste: 1 tsp
• Cumin: 1 tsp
• Salt t taste
• Lime Juice: 1 lime

Seasoning:

• Oil: 2 tbsp
• Curry Leaves: 3
• Cumin: 1/2 tsp
• Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
• Methi Powder: 1/4 tsp (opt)
• Coriander Powder: 1/2 tsp
• Garlic Paste: 1 tsp
• Turmeric: 1/2 tsp

Method:

• Pressure cook moong dal with 3/4 cup of water for 3 whistles and reduce the heat to low and pressure cook for another 5 minutes.
• Remove from stove, wait until the pressure cooker cools down.
• Add 2-3 cups of water and all the ingredients except lime juice to cooked dal and bring to a boil.
• Once the onions and tomatoes are cooked, add lime juice.
• In a separate pan, take some oil and add all the seasoning ingredients.
• Add this seasoning to dal and cook for 5 minutes and remove from heat.