Ingredients
You can also make this with: more vegetables; a meat mince; a mix up of 2-3 dals. Be creative!
¼ cup organic moong dal½
1 onion, chopped fine
½ a tomato, chopped
½ tsp ginger garlic paste
1 green chilli, chopped
½ cup soaked organic foxtail or pearl millet (thinai or bajra)
2-3 cups water
Salt to taste
For tempering:
1 tsp desi ghee
1 clove
1/2 inch cinnamon
1/2 tsp organic fenugreek seeds
To garnish
Freshly grated coconut or carrot
Coriander leaves, finely chopped
Preparation
Grind the millet roughly in the mixer for a minute. Spread it out on a plate to dry a bit.
Heat the ghee in a pressure cooker.
Temper with clove, cinnamon and fenugreek seeds
Add the moong dal and fry for a few minutes
Add in the onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste and the green chilly.
Add millet, water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.
Add salt to taste.
Garnish with coconut, carrot and coriander leaves.
Eat fresh and hot.