Ingredients

• 3/4 cup - black gram dal
• 1/4 cup - green gram dal
• 1 large - onion, finely chopped
• 1 - tomato, finely chopped
• 1 tsp - ginger garlic paste
• 4 - green chillies, finely chopped
• 1/4 tsp - turmeric powder
• 1 tsp - lemon juice
• salt
• 3 tbsp - ghee
• 1 tsp - chopped coriander
• 1 tsp - each cumin and mustard seeds
• 2 pinches - asafoetida
• 1 tsp - sugar
• Seasoning: 1 - bay leaf
• 4 - cloves
• 1 - cinnamon stick

How to Make Black dal

• Wash the dal and pressure cook it in 2 cups of water. Let it cool and remove it from the cooker.
• Mash it lightly with a spoon. Heat half the ghee in a deep saucepan.
• Add seeds, asafoetida, and seasoning to it. Allow it to splutter.
• Add ginger garlic paste and fry it for a minute.
• Add onions and fry it till it is light brown in colour.
• Add tomatoes and green chillies to it. Fry it for 2-3 minutes more.
• Add dal and bring it to a boil.
• Add turmeric, salt, sugar and lemon juice to it.
• Take it in a serving dish.
• Heat the remaining ghee in a small saucepan. Add chopped coriander to the hot ghee and pour the dal over it immediately. Stir it gently.
• Serve it with hot parathas or rice.