Odissi dal

Last week we had dinner with friends and she had cooked Odissi dal that I was having for the first time. My husband and I relished it so much that on coming home I searched for its recipe.  I got the basic idea, which I modified to our taste and prepared today. This is a very delicious preparation that has seven different pulses.

Ingredients:

1/3 cup green gram

1/3 cup black gram

1/3 cup Bengal gram dal (chana dal)

¼ cup tur dal

¼ cup chick peas

¼ cup black chana

¼ cup rajma

1 ½ tsp fenugreek seeds
1 cinnamon piece

2 ½ cups water

Salt to taste

2 tbsps oil

½ tsp cumin seeds

1 green chilli cut

1 onion cut fine

2 tomatoes cut fine

1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

A pinch of asafoetida

½ tsp turmeric powder

½ tsp red chilli powder

½ tsp coriander powder

½ tsp garam masala powder

Instructions:

-          - Soak all the seven pulses together overnight. Pressure  cook them with water, fenugreek seeds, cinnamon piece, salt and turmeric powder for 15 minutes.

-         -  Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan, add cumin seeds and cut green chilli. Add cut onion, when they become translucent, add ginger garlic paste and mix in.

-        -   Add the cut tomatoes, stir for a while. Add all the masala powders, asafoetida and  2 tablespoons of water and let it cook and become thick.

-        -   Add the cooked pulses, mix well and simmer for five minutes.

-          - Serve with steamed rice or chapatis.