Dhal-Squash-Coconut Milk Curry

Ingredients:

1. Oil - 3 tbsp
2. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
3. Bay leaf - 1
4. Red Onion chopped - 1
5. Curry leaves - 1 sprig
6. Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1/4 tsp
7. Salt - to taste
8. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
9. Coriander-Cumin powder - 1 tbsp
10. Red Chilly powder - 2 tsp
11. Garam Masala powder - 4 tsp
12. Bisibela bath powder - 3 tsp
13. Tomato chopped - 2
14. Yellow squash chopped - 2
15. Green gram dhal cooked - 1/4 cup
16. Coconut milk - 1 cup
17. Ajinomoto - 1 pinch
18. Cilantro - to garnish

Method:

1. Wash and soak green gram dhal in plenty of water overnight and cook it and keep aside.
2. In a thick wide pan heat oil, add mustard seeds - wait until it crackles.
3. Then add bay leaf, chopped red onion - fry this.
4. Reduce heat - add ginger-garlic paste, salt, turmeric powder, coriander-cumin powder, red chilly powder, garam masala powder and bisibela bath powder and fry it on low flame until the oil oozes out.
5. Now add chopped tomato - cook it.
6. Add chopped yellow squash - cook it with lid closed.
7. If needed at this point add some water.
8. Now add cooked green gram dhal, coconut milk, Ajinomoto.
9. At this point add salt and water if needed.
10. Cook it once again on medium flame until it boils and bubbles up.
11. Switch off heat and garnish with cilantro.