Special Dal Recipe

Ingredients

 For Cooking Dal:

•  1 cup Moong dal (Yellow lentils, soaked for 2 hours)

• 1 cup Masoor dal (Red lentil, soaked for 2 hours)

• 2 large tomatoes (ground)

• 1 large onion (ground)

• 1 tbsp heaped ginger & garlic paste

• 1 tbsp heaped coriander powder

• 1 tsp garam masala powder

• 1 & 1/2 tsp heaped cumin seeds

• 1 tsp crushed black pepper

• 1 tsp turmeric

• 1 & 1/2 tsp salt

• 2 black cardamoms

• 2 tsp red chilli powder

• 5 cups water

 For Tempering the Dal:

• 4 boiled eggs (cut into 4 pieces)

• 5 bullet green chillies (cut into 4 pieces)

• 1 inch ginger (julienne cut)

• 5 garlic cloves (julienne cut)

• 1 tsp red chilli powder

• 1 cup clarified butter (ghee)

• 4 tbsp coriander leaves