Quick and easy ..this one was done in less than 10 minutes. Well, I generaly boil different kinds of pulses and lentis at one go and put them in seperate freezer bags and freeze them. This helps my daily consumption of pulses and lentils by cutting down the preparation time. Well, what I do as a routine most days is pull out one of the frozen pulses or lentil and season them differently and have it with hot rice and some vegetables. Sometimes I end up having lentil soup and bread rolls.
For Tadka daal
1. I pulled out Toor Daal packet from the freezer, Note that the daal was boiled with turmeric and lightly salted.
2. half an onion chopped, 1 large tomato chopped and 3 green chillies slit.
3. Took a small pan , added a Tablespoon of oil.
4. As the oil got hot, added some mustard seeds and while they were spluttering, added curry leaves and a pinch of asoefitida, when the oil picks up the aroma of this seasoning, I added onions and fried them till transparent.
5. Now added the green chillies and stirred for a couple of minutes and added tomatoes.
6. Finally comes the magic potion .. now add a table spoon of pav bhaaji masala/ channa masala/ chaat masala .. to the seasoning mixture and cook them all together for a couple of minutes.
7. Add the boiled Toor daal to this seasoning and let it all boil for a couple of minutes. Add as much water as the consistency of the daal you require. Add some chopped coriander leaves before turning off the stove.
It is really tasty with hot rice and ghee. If you accompanied this with Bhindi fry .. it is sheer BLISS!
