• 200 -250 g lentils (1 1/2cups)
• 3 tablespoons tamarind paste
• 1 medium onion (sliced)
• 4 green chilies (whole)
• curry leaf (few)
• 2 tablespoons national shahi daal mixed spice
• For TARKA (Sizzle) :
• 4 red chilies (whole)
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed (whole)
• 4 -6 curry leaves
• 1/2 cup oil or 1/2 cup ghee

Soak tamarind in 1 1/2 cup of warm water.

Wash Daal and boil it with onion in 2 1/2 cups of water.

When Daal is tender, add Shahi Daal Spice Mix and blend thoroughly with a wooden spoon or in a blender.

Add tamarind juice, curry leaves and green chillies and cook.
When green chillies are tender daal is cooked.

For TARKA (Sizzle):
Heat oil/ghee and fry all he tarka ingredients until reddish brown.

Add to Daal.

by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 1888 views