Chaote dal
This dal recipe combines tuvar dal and chaote squash. Moong dal can also be used. This recipe has a total of only 4 ingredients - dal, chaote, tomatoes and basil. It is finished off with a seasoning of cumin seeds with green chillies.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 cup Toor dal Tuvar or Pigeon peas
- 1 cup Chaote squash diced
- 1 cup Tomatoes chopped
- 10 Basil leaves cut into swirls
- 3 Green Chillies slit
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 3 tsps Oil
Instructions
- Cook the toor dal in a pressure cook until soft
- Take a sauce pan - add the dal and chaote squash; cook until squash is cooked 5-7 mins tops
- Take another saucepan and add the tomatoes and cook to a pulp
- Now add the tomatoes to the dal, chaote mixture
- Finally take a small saucepan, add oil, cumin seeds and green chillies and fry
- Add it to the dal and mix everything together
- Dal is ready!