Prep Time: 02 Hour 30 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 2 Servings

Ingredients

• Toor dal: 1/3 cup
• Tamarind extract: 3 tbsp
• Methi leaves: 1 cup(chopped and tightly packed)
• Tomato:1/3 cup(chopped)
• Green chili: 1
• Curry leaves: 1 sprig
• Hing: 1 pinch
• Sambar powder: 2 tbsp
• Rock salt: to taste
• Mustard seeds: ½ tsp
• Methi seeds: ¼ tsp
• Turmeric powder: ½ tsp

Method

• Soak Toor dal at least for two hours. Drain, rinse and cook in enough water until soft and mushy.
• Heat a pan and dry roast mustard and methi seeds. Add curry leaves and slit green chilis and sauté for a minute.
• Add tomatoes, hing, turmeric powder, methi leaves and sauté until methi leaves wilt a little.
• Add tamarind extract and sambar powder and cook together for 2-3 minutes.
• To this add cooked dal and salt and stir everything tighter and simmer adding enough water to get the desired consistency.
• Taste and adjust seasoning.
• Serve hot with rice, dosa or idli.

Wellcure tip:

• Add little jaggery if you like a sweetish tinge.

Eating guide

• Food group: greens and lentils.
• Lentils are rich in fiber and a good source of proteins as well.

• Greens are loaded with enzymes and high water content. They aid in digestion and act as a daily dose of vitamins and minerals.

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