Dal Pani

This is yet another Sourashtrian traditional dish. Very tasty and frequently made in home. Its generally had with rice with a dollop of ghee added. Very simple to prepare also. 'Pani' in Hindi implies water. So as the name implies 'Dal Pani' is thin dal curry tempered with basic spices.

Ingredients

2 cups toor dal

1/2 ts turmeric powder

1/2 ts mustard

Few curry leaf

To grind

1 medium sized onion chopped

3-4 ts grated coconut

1 ts jeera

2 red chillies

Preparation

1. Cook dal in pressure cooker with enough water, salt and turmeric powder.
2. Meanwhile grind onion, coconut, jeera and red chilli and make a paste of it.
3. Take a kadai. Add ooil. Once hot add mustard seed and curry leaf. Add the grounded paste and fry for a while. Add the cooked dal, enough water and let it boil.