menthikoora pappu or methi dal

Ingrediants:

• 1cup methileaves
• 1cup toor dal
• 2tomatoes
• tamarind lemon size
• turmeric pinch
• 5-6green chillies
• mustard seeds
• 1/4tspurad dal
• garlic cloves
• 1red chilli
• curry leaves
• oil
• salt

Preparation:

1. wash toor dal,methi leaves,tomatoes,green chillies. put the pan on stove,add all the washed ingrediants,2cups water,turmeric let it cook for 15min,add tamarind and salt.
2. for tadka add 1tsp oil,mustard seeds,urad dal,garlic cloves,red chilli split,and curry leaves add it to dal. methi dal is ready to eat.

Dal rice

This recipe can be taken as breakfast or lunch item. My kid loves this recipe a lot.

Ingrediants:

• 2cup rice
• 1cup toor dal
• 1 onion long slice
• 5-6 garlics
• 1tsp ginger garlic paste
• 2 green chillies long sliced
• 1tsp dhaniya powder
• pinch of turmeric powder
• curry leaves
• mustard and cumin seeds
• oil
• 1/2 tsp ghee
• salt

Preparation:

1. soak rice and toordal for half an hour.
2. take 1tsp oil,1/2 tsp ghee in a  pan,and mustard,cumin seed,onion,green chillies saute it a min. add ginger garlic paste and garlic cloves again saute for a min.add curry leaves.
3. For one cup of rice add 2 and 1/2 cup water,dont take for toor dal measurement.
4. Add soaked rice and dal,add dhaniya powder,turmeric and salt.cook for 20min.
5. Dal rice is ready to eat. It can be taken with coconut chutney or peanut chutney or raita.