Yellow Dal with Tava Fried Brinjal

                                                               

Yellow Dal with Tava Fried Brinjal           

Dal is a healthy  recipe that every Indian would love to have in their meals. It is a simple and comfort food. Dal with any simple accompaniment like papad, fryums makes a very satisfying meal. Tava fried brinjal is one such accompaniment that tastes yummy with this simple yellow  dal.

Ingredients:
For  Yellow Dal:
2 cups tuvar dal
3-4 slit green chilies
12 inch grated ginger
2 strands curry leaves
1/2 tea spoon haldi
1 table spoon ghee
1 tea spoon jeera
1/4 tea spoon hing
1/2 cup finely chopped coriander leaves
Salt to taste

For tava fried brinjal:
1 big fresh brinjal
4 table spoon o rice flour
1 tea spoon red chili powder
1/4 tea spoon hing
Oil for frying brinjal

Preparation of  yellow dal:
1. Cook tuvar dal with haldi powder in a pressure cooker adding 5 cups of water
2. Mash lightly the cooked dal
3. In a pan heat ghee and add jeera, when jeera splits add hing, curry leaves, green chilies and ginger.saute well.for a minute
4. Add the cooked dal and required amount of water, salt.
5. Allow it to boil, add coriander leaves and put off the flame

Preparation of tava fried brinjal:
1. Wash the brinjal and dice into thin circles and soak in water to avoid the brinjals turning black
2. Mix rice flour, salt, hing and red chili powder
3. Heat a tava.
4. Smear the rice flour mixture on both  sides of the brinjal pieces and line on the hot tava
5. Drizzle oil on the brinjal , cover and cook on both the sides till brinjal becomes soft and crisp.
6. Serve with hot rice and yellow dal