Method
- Add salt, haldi and 300 ml of water (or a little more) to mashed dal and boil, stirring continuously.
- Meanwhile, heat oil/ghee, add all the remaining ingredients except coriander.
- Fry till the seeds splutter and garlic is light brown in colour.
- Add to the boiling dal, sprinkle coriander, stir and remove.
- Serve this mildly spiced kattu with hot plain rice and papad.
- Best food for convalescing patients.
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Ingredients:
150g - tur dal, boiled and mashed well
10-12 - garlic pods, husk removed and crushed roughly
Salt
1 tsp - cumin/jeera
10 to 12 - curry leaves
1 tsp - chopped coriander leaves
1 tsp - oil/ghee
Asafoetida/hing, a pinch
Turmeric powder/haldi, a pinch
6 - red chillies, broken into pieces