Healthy Soya Dal

Introduction:

It is a recipe which is rich in protein and minerals and fullfill all your daily requirement of nutrition. This is a healthy preparation of different kind of pulses with Nutrela(Soya granules). Dal is an important part of every day meal, so i thought to make it more nutritious by cooking it with Soya granules.

Ingredients:

Mix Dal(Moong, urad, arhar): 1 cup

Nutrela(Soya granules): 1 cup

Onions: 2

Garlic(chopped): 1 tsp

Ginger paste: 1/4 tsp

Tomatoes: 3(medium size)
Green chilli: 2
Red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
Corriander powder: 1 tsp
Garam masala: 1/4 tsp
Salt: as per taste
Ghee: 2 tsp
Lemon juice: 1 tsp
Fresh corriander: for garnishing

Preparation time:10 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Serves for: 4 persons
Method:

Soak dal and granules in 3 cups of water and keep it for 15 mins.Pour the dal in cooker and add salt and turmeric and cook for two whistles. Put off the flame and let it cook in the pressure cooker till the whole pressure releases. Chop the onions and tomatoes.Puree the tomatoes with green chillies.

 Heat ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds and asefoetida and fry till it sprinkles. Add onions and garlic and saute till the onions are golden brown. Now add the tomato paste with ginger paste and cook on medium flame for 2 mins. Add all the spices and cook for 5 mins till the ghee separates from the mixture. 

Open up the cooker and check whether the dal has been cooked. Add more water depening upon the consistency you like. Add the dal to to the mixture and cook for 2-3 min on low flame. 

Put off the flame. Add lemon juice and garnish with corriander.

TIPS:

1. You can mix any kind of dals in any proportion you like. I used 3/4 cup of moong dal, 1/2 cup urad dal, 1/2 cup arhar dal. 

2. You can add dry mango powder at the end if you don't have lemon juice.

3. Raw mangoes can also be used to replace tomatoes. Add chopped raw mango while boiling the dal in cooker. 
4. You can soya chunks, soya nuggets or soya beans instead of nutrela. All are easily available at grocery store.