Kolkata street food: Mussori Dal

Kolkata style masoor dal is a very easy recipe to try at home for a Kolkata style lunch, with its special tempering made with mustard oil ,kalonji and tomatoes. This recipe is based on Chetna Makan's Mussorie dal recipe with some minor changes if any.Chetna has some beautiful pics of all the dishes in her cook book. Just by looking at the pictures, will make you want to try them..yum.. So here I am trying Kolkata street food at home.

Ingredients

1. Split pigeon peas/Tuvar da1 - 100gm
2. Red lentil/ Masoor dal - 100gm
3. Salt - to taste
4. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
5. Mustard oil /കടുകെണ്ണ  - 1 tbsp
6. Black cumin/ Kalongi/കരിഞ്ചി രകം - 1 tsp
7. Tomato, finely chopped - 1
8. Green chilli, finely chopped - 1

Method

1. Cook both dals in pressure cooker with enough water with turmeric powder (about 2 cups.)
2. Heat mustard oil in a kadai and add black cumin
3. Once the black cumin seeds splutter, add green chilli and chopped tomatoes
4. Cook till tomatoes can be mashed well
5. Add salt to the above
6. Switch off the heat and add this as a tempering to the cooked dal.
7. Serve immediately.

P.S. I am linking up with Angie and her cohost Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook for Fiesta Friday.