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Tomato, Toor Dal Curry

Quick & Easy Tomato, Toor dal curry
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 5 people

Ingredients
  

  • Cleaned and sliced tomato : 2 cup
  • Toor dal ( thuvara parippu ) : 1 cup
  • Chilli powder : 3 tsp
  • Turmeric Powder: 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Scraped coconut : 1 cup
  • Cumin seeds : 2 tsp
  • Mustard : 2 tsp
  • Red chilly : 2 nos
  • Curry leaves : 2 stem

Instructions
 

  • Cook the toor dal in a pressure cooker and then change it into a cooking vessel.
  • Grind the scraped coconut and cumin seeds adding required water and keep it aside.
  • Add sliced tomato into the cooked toor dal and boil it again.
  • Add the red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt into the boiled toor dal and tomato and boil it further.
  • Boil it for about 10 - 12 minutes and then add the grinded coconut, cumin seeds paste / liquid into this mix.
  • Heat the oil and then fry the curry leaves, mustard and red chilli.
  • Add the fried curry leaves, red chilli and mustard into the curry.
  • This tomato, toor dal curry can be served with rice, dosa idly etc.
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