Methi dal

Methi dal:
Ingredients:
1 cup toor dal
500gms of methi
3 sps sunflower oil
Lemon sized tamarind paste
3 pods garlic
pinch of turmeric
5-7 pinches salt
pinch of hing
1 medium sized tomato
1 medium sized onion
1 sp urad dal
1 sp mustard seeds
1 sp jeera
3 red chillies
3 green chillies
5-7 curry leaves
Method:

1. Soak toor dal for 10mins in warm water.Then cook it under pressure till 3-4 whistles.
2. Meanwhile prepare seasoning as usual with mustard seeds spluttering in hot pan of oil,urad dal,jeera,red and green chillies in it.
3. Add onions,garlic,curry leaves,tamarind paste,tumeric and hing to it,fry for 2mins.
4. Finely chop the tomato and add it to the pan.
5. Then add methi leaves washed and separated to the onion mix.Now pour a small glass (200ml) of water in it and allow it to cook for 10mins on low flame,closing with a lid.
6. Now mash cooked toor dal adding salt to it.
7. Mix evenly the toor dal mash to the boiling methi pan.Turn off the heat.Close the lid for 2mins.
8. Good combination with rice and salted chillies / uppu mirchi.
9. Can enjoy regularly with other side dishes especially maagaya milusu.