South Style Tuar daal

This lentil is the most common and eaten all over India, with difference in its cooking style, it is liked by all. Used in for soups, vegetable dishes and ingredient for the most famous South Indian curry"Sambar", Tuar Daal is nutritious and delicious in taste too.

 So enjoy this South Indian Version   of Tuar Daal!!!

Ingredients:
1 cup pigeon pea(tuar daal)
1 small drumstick(cut into an inch length)
1 teaspoon coriander powder(dhania)
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder(haldi)
1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder(lal mirch)
1 teaspoon black salt(kaala namak)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 green chilli
salt according to taste

For Tadka:
3-4 curry leaves(kadi patta)
1 dry red chilli
1 teaspoon  roasted Bengal gram(channa dal)
1 teaspoon mustard seeds(rai)
1/4 teaspoon asafeotida(hing)
2 tablespoon ghee/oil

Method:
Wash and soak dal for half hour. Boil the daal with drumstick and other spices. In a kadahi , put ghee/oil. Add  hing, mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chilli, channa daal and let all crackle. Put in the boiled daal and mix well. Finally add lemon juice and again mix well.

Tasty Tuar daal is ready. Enjoy it with steamed rice!!


Optional notes:
People in south make a lot of use of tamarind. They add tamarind juice to this daal, but i had used lemon juice