Bathua Chana Dal

Ingredients:

Chana Dal - 1 cup

Bathua - 250 gm

Onion (finely chopped) - 1/2 cup

Ginger (finely chopped) - 1 tbsp

Garlic (finely chopped) - 1 tbsp (optional)

Green Chilly (finely chopped) - 2

Tomato (finely chopped) - 1/2 cup

Salt - 1 tsp or as per taste

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp or as per taste

Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp

Ghee - 2 tbsp

Hing (asafetida) - 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Lemon juice - 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Wash and soak Chana dal for 3-4 hours

2. Pluck leaves from bathua and discard the strings

3. Wash the leaves 3-4 times as it usually contains a lot of mud

4. Chop the washed bathua leaves

5. Transfer the chana dal, chopped bathua leaves in cooker and add 3 cup water

6. Add 3 cups of water, 1 tsp salt, turmeric powder

7. Close the cooker and cook for 1 whistle on high flame. 

8. Now make the flame low and cook for about 10 -12 minutes

9. Heat Ghee in a pan and add cumin seeds, let them splutter

10. Add hing, onion and sauté onions for a while

11. Add ginger, garlic, green chili and sauté till onion becomes golden brown

12. Add garam masala powder, red chili powder and mix well

13. Add tomato, 1/4 tsp salt and saute till tomato becomes soft

14. Using a masher or churner mash the boiled dal and bathua slightly

15. Add dal in the pan containing tadka

16. Mix and cook nicely

17. In a small pan heat 1 tbsp ghee

18. When it is hot, switch off the flame and add 1/2 tsp kashmiri red chili powder

19. Garnish Bathua Chana Dal with chili tadka and green coriander 

20. Serve this Bathua Chana Dal with roti, chapati, rice