Greengram D(h)al Thovaiyal and Rasam

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Ingredients:
Green gram Dhal
Grounded black pepper 2tsp
Cumin seeds 2tsp
Green chilly -4
Red chilly 1
Garlic pods 3-4
Small onions 1/2 cup
Hing 1 tsp
Mustard seeds 1tsp
Oil 2 tsp
salt to taste

Method:
Wash and Soak Green gram dhal overnight.
Pressure cook the dhal with few smallonions, garlic blackpeppers,green chillies and salt (leave it for 5 whistles)
Let it cool for sometime.
Now filter out the dal water and keep aside(this is for rasam)
Smash the dal mixture.
Heat the pan,to 2 tsp of oil add 1 tsp of cumin seeds,I tsp of mustard seeds,a strip of curry leaves, red chilly ,rest of the onions & chopped garlic , 1 tsp of Hing powder add this fired items to the dal mixture.


Green gram Rasam
Green gram dal boiled water 1 bowl
Red chilli 1
Cumin powder 1tsp
Coriander powder 1tsp
Pepper powder 1 tsp
Garlic 3 cloves
Tomato 1
Tamarind pulp 2 tsp
Asafoetida powder ¼ tsp
Curry leaves 5 -10
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Oil 1 tsp
Salt 2 tsp/ to taste
Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:

1)Mix tamarind pulp, tomato in dal water and keep it aside.
2)Heat the pan, to 1 tsp of oil add mustard seeds , red chilly,curry leaves to it.
3)Pour the contents to this fried mixture. Let it boil now add cumin powder, coriander powder and pepper powder and salt to taste
4)Add garlic, asafoetida powder to it and allow for one splutter. Garnish with coriander leaves.