Drum Stick Daal/ Noggikai Saru

Ingredients:

• ½ cup Toor Dal
• 3-4 Drum sticks (frozen)
• 1 Tomato (chopped)
• 1 Onion (chopped)
• 1 tsp Ginger & garlic Paste
• 1 tsp Tamarind Pulp
• ½ tsp Cumin seeds
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• ¼ tsp Termeric powder
• A Pinch of Asafoetida
• 1 tsp Red chili powder (more or less as per taste)
• 1 tsp Sambar Powder/ Saru Powder (ready made)
• ¼ tsp Jagery/ Sugar 9optional)
• Curry leaves
• Coriander leaves (chopped)
• Salt to taste.

Method:

Pressure cook the toor dal and keep it a side. Heat the pan add asafetida, cumin ,mustard seeds and allow them to splutter. Add onion, ginger & garlic paste, curry leaves and fry till onion gets tender. Add durm sticks tomatoes, tamarind pulp ,termeric powder fry till they get tender. Add red chili powder, sambar powder,salt and stir for 2 minutes. Add cooked toor dal and cook for 5-7 minutes.

Serve hot with Rice and Ghee.

Note: If your using fresh drum stick then pressure cook with toor daal.