Wash the dals together and soak them in 3 cups of water for 30 mins.
Pressure cook till it is very soft.
Heat 3 to 4 tsp oil in a kadai / frypan
Add mustard, cumin seeds, split urad dal and curry leaves.
When it starts to crackle, add hing.
Add finely chopped onions and fry till it turns transculent
Add chopped green chilly, turmeric pwd and grated garlic to it.
Sauté further for a minute.
Add chopped tomato, saute and cook covered until tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
Cook for one more minute.
Stir well to ensure the masala doesn't stick to the bottom of kadai.
Once, the tomatoes are cooked and mashed up with onion, add the cooked dals.
Let it cook in low flame for another 2 minutes
Add coriander pwd, cumin pwd, red chilly pwd, salt and mix well.
combine well
allow to boil fr a minute
Finally, add the crushed dry methi / kasoori methi leaves.
Stir and cook for 3 to 4 mins.
Turn off flame
Garnish with finely chopped fresh coriander leaves.
Enjoy the awesome aroma of Dal fry filling up your kitchen
It serves excellent with jeera rice, parathas , chapatti, rotis, plain rice or just as it is..!!
