Ingredients
- 1 cup toor dal
- 1 tomato
- 3 sprigs curry leaves/patta
- 1½ teaspoons chilli powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 3 cups plucked and washed kulfa leaves
- ¼ cup tamarind steeped in water
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 2 dried red chillies
- 2 garlic pods, finely chopped (optional)
Preparation
- Wash dal. Pressure-cook along with chopped tomato, 1 sprig curry patta, chilli and turmeric powders.
- Add 4 cups water and pressure cook again till mushy.
- Mash smooth, mix in the kulfa and tamarind, and simmer.
- Heat oil and fry cumin, broken red chillies, balance of the curry patta and garlic, and pour over dal mixture.
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Continue simmering 10 minutes longer.
Serve with rice.