Raw Tomato Dal (Kootu)

Raw Tomato Dal is one of my favourite dishes. This is an excellent side dish for chapatis. Needless to say, this dal goes well with rice too.

Ingredients: (Translation)

Raw Tomatoes- 4-5(big)

Moong Dal- 1 cup

Mustard seeds- 1 spoon

Curry leaves- 5-6

Asafotedia

For masala paste:
Dhania -1 spoon

Red chillies- 1-2 as per taste

Chana dal- 1/2 spoon

Udad dal-1/2 spoon

Coconut- 1-2 spoons (Optional)

Pressure cook the moong dal. Take about 2-3 drops of oil and roast the masala ingredients (except coconut). Grind to a fine paste in the mixie after adding coconut and sufficient water. Heat a spoon of oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds, curry leaves and asafotedia. Cut each raw tomato into 8 equal pieces and add in the kadai. Please note that we are cutting big pieces since tomatoes lose water and shrink on being cooked. Add salt to the tomatoes and let them get cooked. Finally, add in the cooked moong dal, salt and the ground paste and let the dal come to a boil. The salt being added here is for the moong dal since we have already cooked the tomatoes with salt. Depending on your chosen consistency, water can be added if the dal is a bit thick. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Few tips for this dish:
1.Select only green tomatoes which are a bit hard.

2.Make this dish within 1-2 days of buying the green tomatoes, else the tomatoes start ripening and the taste of the dish will change.

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