Parippu / Kerala style Dal

Ingredients:

1. Husked green bean/ Moong dal - 1 cup
2. Water - 3 cups
3. Red chilli powder - 1/4 tsp
4. Garlic cloves - 4 small
5. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
6. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
7. Coconut shredded - 1 cup
8. Vegetable oil - 2 tbs
9. Ghee/Clarified butter - 1 tbsp
10. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
11. Shallots,sliced - 2 tsp
12. Curry leaves - few
13. Dry red chilli - 2
14. Salt to taste

Method:

1. Lightly roast moong dal in a thick bottomed pan without  allowing the dal to change its colour.
2. Cook dal in 3 cups of water. (i cooked it in pressure cooker)
3. Grind ingredients from 3 to 7 to a fine paste
4. Mix the paste in a little water  and add add it to the cooked dal
5. Add salt to taste and bring it to boil
6. Once boiled, remove it from fire
7. Heat oil and ghee for tempering
8. Add ingredients from 10 to 13 and fry/splutter it
9. Add the above to the curry

Serve hot with rice and more ghee.