Daali Toy (Mild lentil soup)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup toor dal (yellow lentils)
• ¼ tsp mustard seeds
• 2 dried red chillies; break into pieces
• bunch of coriander leaves
• 2 green chillies, slit
• 1 twig of curry leaves
• Pinch of asafoetida
• Salt, Ghee
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• Lemon juice

Method:

1. Pressure cook dal, small ginger, green chilly, curry leaves, turmeric with 4 cups of water.
2. Heat ghee in a pan. It should be hot enough so that if you add a mustard seed, it should sputter. When the mustard seeds start popping, add the broken red chilies, curry leaves and asafoetida.
3. Remove from the flame and add it in the already cooked dal. Cover it immediately so that its odor & flavor is preserved.
4. Garnish with finely cut coriander leaves.
5. Add lemon juice after cooking.