Dal With Protein Chunks

Total Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 cup pigeon peas, split (arhar dal)
• 1/2 cup soyabean nuggets
• 1 medium onion
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 inch ginger
• 2 -3 green chilies
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 6 -7 curry leaves (optional)
• salt
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 4 red chilies, whole
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• lemon juice (as required)

Recipe

• 1 wash and soak dal for 3-4 hours.
• 2 soak soyabean nuggets in plenty of water for 2-3 hours.
• 3 drain off water and squeeze out water.
• 4 re-soak in fresh water for half an hour.
• 5 drain and then squeeze out excess water.
• 6 now the nuggets are ready for cooking.
• 7 in the meantime, make a smooth paste of onion, tomato, garlic, green chillies and ginger.
• 8 keep aside.
• 9 drain the dal water and pour in 2 cups water.
• 10 pressure cook till done.
• 11 whisk while still hot to make a smooth puree.
• 12 heat 1 tbsp of oil and add the prepared paste.
• 13 fry on gentle heat till an aroma starts coming.
• 14 add prepared soyabean nuggets and red chilli powder.
• 15 mix well.
• 16 add a cup of water and cook covered for 5 minutes.
• 17 add puree of dal and cook on medium heat, stirring continuously, or 5 minutes.
• 18 heat the remaining oil and add mustard seeds and dry chillies broken into two.
• 19 fry till the chillies turn dark brown.
• 20 pour on the hot dal.
• 21 stir well.
• 22 simmer for a few minutes and remove from heat.
• 23 keep aside for atleast half an hour and then serve with lemon juice.