Kollu paruppu / Horsegram dal

Serves 2:

Ingredients:
Horsegram dal - 1 cup
Onion - 1 medium size
Green chillies - 2 to 3 (as required)
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Coriander leaves - little (optional)
Salt to taste

For Seasoning:
Oil - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 3/4 spoon
Curry leaves - Few leaves

Preparation:
1. Wash the dal in water twice, and cook in a Pressure cooker for 2 whistles.
2. Chop Onion and green chillies into small pieces.

Method:
1. Heat oil in a pan and add Urad dal and curry leaves. Add finely chopped onion and green chillies, and a pinch of turmeric powder.
2. Saute until onion turns golden brown.
3. Once cooled, grind hoarsely the above mixture along with cooked horse gram dal with required salt. You can keep aside the extra water from the cooked dal. Make sure that you don't grind it to a paste, which will make the dal sticky.
4. Pour the ground mixture in a pan, and add water as per the required consistency, and cook it in a medium flame for 5 minutes. You can use the water that you kept aside in Step #3.
5. Remove the pan from heat, and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.
Serve hot with rice.