Tomato Dal/Tomato Pappu

This one is my all time favourite. This is the first time i made it and it turned out awesome.you should try it too.It is very easy to make :)

You will need :

Toor Dal - 1/2 cup boiled (see that you don't mash it)

Onion - 1 medium finely chopped

Tomatoes - 2 medium finely chopped

Green chillies - 5-6 sliced

Garlic - 4-5 cloves chopped finely

Red Chilli powder

Turmeric Powder

Salt

Oil

For the Tadka :

Dried red chillies - 4-5

Mustard seeds - 1tsp

Cumin seeds - 1tsp

Urad dal - 1tsp

Curry leaves

Hing

Butter about a tsp (optional)

Cilantro

This is how i made it :

1. Heat oil in pan and add chopped garlic and fry till light golden color.

2. Add chopped onions, green chillies and fry for about a minute or two.

3. Add salt turmeric powder and red chilli powder and mix well.

4. Add the chopped tomatoes and let them boil well.

5. Now add the boiled dal and mix well.

6. In a separate pan heat oil and add red chillies, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal , cur ry leaves hing and fry well (make sure you don't burn them)

7.Then add butter.

8. Add this mixture to the dal and stir well.

9. Garnish with cilantro.

And there you go :)

                      

Have it with hot rice and with a hint of ghee.. you will not stop licking up your fingers ;)

Rasam

It s been like ages since i had home made food... We were waiting for our luggage to arrive since we moved to florida... so i was dieing to have some rasam for lunch today... and it came out very tasty.. It s very easy to make and yummy :)

Rasam is said to be made from the leftovers of Sambar ;)

The ingredients you need for this are

Left over toor dal water (Optional)

Tomatoes - 3 medium finely chopped

Onion - 1 small finely chopped

Garlic -  3 big cloves (smashed)

Green Chillies - 2 large finely chopped

Tamarind Paste - 1 tbsp (Mixed in Water;However I recommend you to use fresh tamarind as the canned one gives dark color) 

Coriander Powder - 2 tsp

Cumin Powder - 1 tsp

Red Chilli Powder - 2 tsp

Salt

Turmeric Powder

For Tadka :

Dry Red Chillies - 4

Mustard Seeds - 2 tsp

Urad Dal - 2 tsp

Fenucreek seeds - 1 tsp

PepperCons -  1 tbsp (You can add more for spiciness)

Cumin Seeds - 2 tsp  

Garlic Cloves - 3 big

Smash PepperCons, Cumin seeds and Garlic Cloves properly until they for almost like fine powder

Curry Leaves 

Hing 

Now how do you make it ?

1. Pour water in a vessel.

2. Add chopped tomatoes , onions and green chillies

3. Add chopped garlic, chilli powder, cumin powder,coriander powder,salt and turmeric powder

4. Add tamarind juice

5. Bring it to a boil 5

6. Simmer for about 30 mins so that the flavor comes out of all the ingredients

Let's make the tadka now

1. In another vessel heat some ghee (or oil) 

2. Add red chillies and mustard seeds

3. When the mustard seeds splutter add urad dal, hing,fenugreek seeds and curry leaves. (See that you don't burn them)

4. Add the peppercon, cumin and garlic powder.

5. Add this tadka to rasam and simmer again for about 10-15 mins

6. Add chopped cilantro

                          

Enjoy Rasam Rice with Chicken fry or Aloo fry (Any Vegetable fry) or a Papad 

It tastes real yummy :-)

Dal Tadka