From My Mother's Kitchen: Arhar daal -chawal

Arhar Daal-Chawal
(Split pigeon lentil &Cumin Rice)

Arhar/Tuar daal

Arhar daal is most popular daal among Indians. This is my favourite too. My mother used to cook this daal in a simplest and tastiest manner.Guest & Relatives used to demand her to cook this daal with zeera rice.

Here is the recipe ....

Ingredients-

Arhar Daal/Tuar Daal -2 cup for two people.

Water- 4 Cup
Red chilli Powder-1/2 t.s
Salt- 1/2 t.s or as per your taste

For condiment (bhagaar/chaunk/Tadka)

Desi ghee/oil-2t.s or per your taste
Garlic (chopped)-2-4 clove
Red Chilli Dry (broken)-2

Method
Wash arhar daal well and soak it in water for 1/2 an hour.

Boiled Arhar/ Tuar Daal

Place it in pressure cooker with 2 cup of water and salt on the medium heat. When the pressure cooker starts steaming, turn the heat down and bring it to 2-3 whistle then turn off the gas stove When the lid open,check if daal is well cooked , if it is done ,Add red chilli powder and adjust the salt .

If arhar daal looks too thick, mix enough water . stir it well as there should be no lumps and Bring it to boil again

garlic,red chili,pure ghee, lehsun,mirch

For condiment (baghaar/chaunk/tadka)

Heat 1-2 table spoon Pure ghee/oil in a small pan,add broken Red chili, chopped garlic cloves,stir quickly with a small spoon till it turn little brown. Mix this baghaar to cooked Arhar daal and cover it with a lid immediately.It will infuse the flavour to the daal.

Zeera - Rice

Ingredients-

rice

Rice -3 cups(for two)
Cumin seeds -1/4t.s(zeera)
Re find oil- 1tea.spoon
Clove-3-4
Salt to taste-1/2t.s,or per your taste

Arhar/Tuar daal

Method- Put the pressure cooker on the low flame. Add cumin seed and clove in hot oil. After spluttering,add well washed rice,water (3 cups approx) and salt in the pressure cooker.Bring it to 3 whistle on the low flame.Turn off the heat and let the lid open itself.