Green peas Dal by Krishna Mukherjee

 

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Ingredients:

• Green Peas
• Coriander
• Cumin
• Turmeric
• Asafoetida
• Cooking Oil
• Salt
• Sugar
• Ghee

 

Method:

• Take 1 cup green peas to grind it just to make peas into half
• Heat little amount of white oil in a pressure cooker
• Add 2 tsp whole jeera 1 tsp haldi powder and stir it for few seconds
• Turn the flame on to low and add half tsp hing
• Again stir for a few seconds
• Add peas and saute for 1 minute
• Mix dhania and jeera powder 1 tsp each
• Saute for few minutes with little water
• Pour 2 cups water or little more
• Mix salt and 2 tsp sugar
• Close the cooker and make the flame high
• Pressure cook only up to 1 whistle
• After 15 minutes open the lid
• Check seasoning
• Heat little ghee
• Add little whole jeera and half tsp red chilli powder (optional )
• Pour this ghee on dal and mix
• You can serve this dal with paratha fried rice or roti