Tomato Dal

Ingredients

1. Big Onion – 1 small size
2. Tomato – 1
3. Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp.
4. Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
5. Curry leaves – 5
6. Chilli powder – ½ tsp
7. Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
8. Hing – little bit
9. Salt – To taste
10. Oil

Preparation:

1. Cook the Toor dal with turmeric powder and hing in a pressure cooker.
2. In pan pour oil. Add mustard seeds and let it to crackle.
3. Add cumin seeds and sauté it a second.
4. Now add onion, curry leaves and sauté it till onion gets transparent.
5. Now add tomato and cook it till it become soft.
6. Add red chilli powder and sauté it for a second.
7. Add cooked dal with required water.
8. Cook this in high flame for 5 to 10 minutes.

Bhindi Fry

Ingredients:

1. Bhindi – 250 g
2. Big Onion – 1
3. Mustard Seeds – ¼ Ts
4. Cumin Seeds – ¼ Ts
5. Chilli Powder –1 Ts
6. Turmeric Powder – ¼ Ts
7. Coconut – 2 spoons
8. Curry leaves
9. Oil
10. Salt – To taste 

Preparation:

1. Cut bhindi and onion into thin slices.
2. In a pan, heat oil and add mustard and cumin seeds.
3. When it splutters, add curry leaves and onion and sauté it for a minute.
4. Now add bhindi, chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt it for a minute.
5. If oil is not sufficient, add little more.
6. Fry the bhindi till it cooked.
7. Finally add coconut and sauté it for a minute. 

Tips:

1. Coconut is optional. If you like, add it.