Easy & Finger-licking Delicious Lasooni Tadka Dal

Wash and pressure cook toordal & yellow moong dal until 4-5 whistle.

Heat oil. Add mustard seeds, and cumin seeds and let them sizzle for a minute. Add hing (asafoetida), roughly crushed garlic & dry red chillies

Saute for a minute till the raw smell of garlic fades away.

Add finely chopped onions and cook till translucent.

Once onions are translucent add finely chopped tomatoes, and cook till tender.

Tomatoes are cooked till soft.

Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, & garam masala powder.

Add the cooked dal.

Add water and adjust the consistency of the dal as per your preference.

Add salt and jaggery (optional) and mix well

In a tadka pan, heat 2-3 tablespoons of oil, add cumin seeds and let them sizzle, add 5-6 chopped garlic and Kashmiri red chilli powder.

Add this lasooni tadka to the dal. Add finely chopped coriander leaves.

Lasooni tadka dal is ready. Serve hot with tava paratha