Ingredients:
Yellow moong dal: 200 gms
Small lady fingers: 100 gms
Cluster beans: 50 gms
Tomatoes: 2
Green chillies: 5
Ginger: 1
Curry leaves: A few
Cumin seeds: 1 ts
Turmeric powder: ¼ ts
Red chilly powder: 1 ts
Asafoetida: ¼ ts
Water: 4 cups
Kokam leaves: 4-5
Oil: 3 tbs
Salt: To taste
The Steps:
Pre - Preparation :
Chop tomatoes, ginger and chillies
fine.
Preparation :
1) Keep the lady fingers and the
cluster beans whole, only chop off
the ends.
2) Wash and soak the dal in water
for ½ an hour, then boil with salt
and turmeric powder.
3) When the dal becomes tender,
churn it well and put in the lady
fingers, cluster beans, curry
leaves, chopped green chillies,
ginger
and tomatoes.
4) Make sure there is sufficient
water to cook the vegetables and
cook them till they are tender.
5) Now heat the oil and put in the
asafoetida and cumin seeds.
6) After a couple of seconds, add
chilly powder and mix this seasoning
to the dal.
7) Finally add the kokam leaves to
the dal and put off the gas.
Calories: 308 per serving.