Ingredients

• 1 cup thoor dal
• 100 gms kulfa leaves
• 3 tomatoes (chopped)
• 1 onion chopped
• 4 to 5 green chillies chopped
• 1 lemon size tamarind ball
• 1 tea spoon red chilli powder
• 1 tea spoon dhaniya powder
• 1/4 tea spoon haldi
• salt to taste
• 1 tea spoon each rai, jeera and urad dal
• 2 red chillies
• 4 garlic flakes mashed
• few curry leaves
• 2 table spoons oil 

Method

Cook thur dal in cooker and keep it aside.  Mash the dal and add sambhar masala, amchur powder, haldi, salt and some sugar as per taste to the dal. The consistency of the dal should be dilute (add water if necessary). Heat a table spoon of oil in a pan.  Add rai, jeera and curry leaves.  When rai starts spluttering add the thadka to the dal and boil. While the dal is boiling, slowly drop the  muthiya’s one by one . Allow the dal  to boil for about 10-15 mts. in a medium flame.  Cook until the muthiya’s are properly cooked.  (When you drop the muthiya’s in the dal first they settle down.  When they are properly cooked they slowly come up and start floating )
 
Tasty Dal muthiya, Maharastrian recipe is ready……….Garnish with tomatoes, fresh chopped coriander and grated coconut........

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