Dal curry(Parippu curry) with Toor dal

Ingredients

• 1 cup Toor dal
• 1 cup grated coconut
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2 dried red chilli
• a pinch of mustard seeds to splutter
• 1 teaspoon of turmeric,chilli powder
• salt to taste

Method

 Take this dal-

Firstly soak the toor dal for 15 minutes and drain the water and wash it well.Cook it in pressure cooker for 1 whistle.Remember to add salt and turmeric powder while cooking.

Take the grated coconut.Then grind it in mixy with cumin seeds,1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of chilli powder.

When the grated coconut grind well,like this-

Add the cooked dal into the mixy and grind it well with coconut.So that we get a smooth paste.Keep it aside.So now light the stove,place the pan and when pan gets hot add oil.Then add mustard seeds to splutter and lastly dry chilli.Stir well.

Then add the smooth paste into the pan and cook for 15 minutes.Then the dish is ready :) You can have it with rice,chapati and puttu.