Cucumber Dhal

Ingredients:

Cucumber -1

Toor dhal- 1/2 cup

Salt - to taste

Turmeric powder - a pinch

Oil - 3 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/4tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

Urad dhal - 1/4 tsp

Fenugreek seeds - 8

Garlic chopped - 3 pods

Curry leaves - a sprig

Tamarind paste - 2 tbsp

Green chillies - 3

Red chillies - 2

Red chilly powder - 1 tbsp

Cilantro chopped - 3tbsp

Asafoetida - a pinch

Method:

1. Wash, peel, deseed, chop, check for bitterness, the cucumber.

2. Cook it with salt and turmeric powder.

3. Pressure cook toor dhal, mash it.

4. In a wide pan, heat oil, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, urad dhal, red chillies, chopped garlic, curry leaves and asafoetida and fry for a second.

5. Immediately add cooked dhal and cucumber, green chillies, tamarind paste and red chilly powder.

6. Add water and salt if needed and bring it boil.

7. Garnish with cilantro.

8. This goes well with white rice with ghee, curd rice, dhadhojanam, chapathi, poori, toasted bread, salted oats, rava ganji, raagi ganji, dosa, rava dosa, idly, wheat rava upma, sooji upma and guntaponganalu.