Dal Shorba

Ingredients:

• Moong dal (yellow dal) ½ cup.
• Chopped onion ¼ tsp.
• Chopped ginger 1inch.
• Chopped garlic 2 cloves.
• Cumin seeds ½ tsp.
• Lemon 1 no.
• Butter/Oil 1 tsp.
• Chopped green chili 2 nos.
• Chopped green coriander 1 tsp.
• Turmeric powder ½ tsp.
• Salt as per taste.

Method:

• Pick, clean and wash Moong dal.
• Peel and chop the onion, ginger and garlic. Wash and chop the green chilies. Clean, wash and chop the coriander leaves. Remove juice of the lemon.
• Mix together moong dal, chopped onion, chopped ginger, chopped green chilies, turmeric powder, salt and chopped garlic. Add five cups of water and bring it to a boil. Simmer and cook for fifteen minutes.
• Remove scum from the top from time to time. Cook until dal is very soft.
• Pass a through a soup strainer. Keep aside.
• Heat butter in a pan, add cumin seeds. Sauté on low heat so that the butter is not burnt but at the same time full flavor and aroma of cumin seeds comes out.
• Add pureed dal, add water to correct consistency, if required. Bring it to a boil. Add juice of a lemon.
• Serve piping hot garnished with finely chopped fresh coriander leaves.