Whole urad- 125 ml- soak overnight in 500 ml water
Fresh Curd- 80 ml
Green chillies- chopped- 1 tsp
Ginger- chopped- 1 tsp
salt 1/2 tsp
Wash, drain the urad, add 250 ml water and cook in the pressure cooker till soft with curd, chillies, ginger and salt as above.
Onion-1 medium
Tomato-2 medium
Boil both till soft and puree.
Oil- 2-3 tsp
Jeera- 1 tsp
Peppercorns- 2
cardamom-2
cinnamon- 1″ piece
green chilli- 1 chopped
ginger- 1″ piece chopped
Heat oil in a pan, add jeera, allow to crackle, add all the above items one by one and fry well. Then add tomato-onion paste and fry well. Add the pressure cooked urad and the following spices/ condiments.
1 tsp each of red chilli powder, chaat masala, coriander powder, mango powder, sugar and salt. Then add tomato puree ( 1 tomato), 1/2 cup milk, one cup water and mix well. Simmer on low fire. You can add a drop of red food colour (optional).
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves, green chilli and ginger juliennes, garam masala powder, butter and/or cream.
