Tomato Dal – Lentil and Tomato Soup
Tomato dal is a simple and tasty lentil dish popular in South India. It is a healthy, gluten free and protein rich dish and complements roti and rice.
Also, Wish you all a Happy Thiruvathirai and Arudhra Darshan… You can check the recipe for Thiruvathirai Kali, which is the traditional dish for today.
Ingredients:
- Toor dal – 1 cup
- Asafoetida – a pinch
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Urad dal – 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves – 5 to 6
- Dry red chilies – 2
- Garlic cloves – 5
- Chopped ginger – 1 tsp
- Green chilies – 4
- Finely chopped onions – 1/2 cup
- Large tomatoes – 2
Method of preparation:
- Pressure cook dal with a tsp of oil, a pinch of asafoetida and salt until cooked and slightly mashed.
- Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add urad dal, curry leaves, dry chilies, crushed garlic and ginger.
- Fry for a couple of minutes and add onions. Fry till translucent and add chopped tomatoes and let it cook until mashed fully.
- Remove from heat and let it become warm. Pulse it in a mixer grinder or a food processor. Do not grind it to a paste. Everything has to be whole and coarse.
- Add it to the same pan along with cooked dal and add about 3/4 cup of water and bring it to a boil.
- Let it cook for 5 minutes. Tomato dal is ready.
- You can serve it cooked rice or rotis.
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I don’t know about half those ingredients so I’m curious is this acceptable for the 28 detox?
Yes it is acceptable. Just avoid mustard seeds.