Kandhi Pachadi / Toor Dal Chutney

Ingredients:-

Toor dal : 1/2 rice cooker cup

Dry red chillies : 3

Garlic : 1 pod

Cumin seeds : 1/2 tspn

Tamarind : 2-3 pods

Coconut: 2 tspn

Salt : as required

Ingredients for Talimpu:-

Oil : 2 tspn

Cumin seeds : 1/4 tspn

Mustard seeds : 1/4 tspn

Asafoetida : pinch of

Curry leaves : 1 sprig

Preparation:-

• Heat a pan and add 1 tspn oil , add toor dal , cumin seeds , dry red chillies and fry on medium flame till dal turns its color and then switch off stove. Add coconut , garlic pieces and enough salt. Let this cool.
• Soak tamarind.
• Grind fried items and tamarind with little amount of water.
• Put talimpu with the above listed ingredients and mix with chutney.
• serve it with hot rice and ghee.