Lucknow style dry Urid Dall

Ingredients

• 1 cup East End Urid Dall
• 1 Onion, finely sliced
• 2 dry East End Red Chillies
• 3 tablespoons East End Oil
• 1 clove of sliced Garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon East End Cumin Seeds
• a pinch of East End Turmeric
• Salt to taste

Method

Rinse and wash the dall as you usually do and then soak for around 2 hours.

Now heat 1 teaspoon oil, add cumin seeds and cook the dall with salt and turmeric in around 1 cup of water in a pressure cooker or a saucepan, so that the water absorbs completely.

Leave it covered for a while after cooking so that any extra water gets absorbed.

Meanwhile, fry the sliced onions, garlic and dried chillies in the remaining oil, till the onion turns a rich brown colour, and pour this tarka over the dall.