Simple DaaLithoy (Konkani style daal)

I am absolutely positive that most of the Konkani people know how to prepare this. But I just wanted to put up the recipe for non-konkani people just to say its the simplest kind of daal ever. You dont have to cut onions or tomatoes or even garlic and it still tastes yummy (not to generalize but well, atleast all konkani people are in love with it).

This daal can be made into either thick consistency or thin consistency and I used to love the thicker version of it and my sister used to love the thinner version of it. As usual, like I have mentioned so many times, me and my sister are like this (X): total opposites !! Anyways, we still used to enjoy the dish so much and even now I eat it like plain lentil soup. Just cannot get enough of it - EVER !!

Its generally a very useful recipe for bachelors and people who are single for quick cooking. Its also a good recipe for quick food.
Preparation Time (0 min)
Cooking Time - 20 mins approx


Ingredients
Toor Daal - 1 cup
Green Chillies - 2 or 3 (slit in the middle)
Salt - as per taste

Red Chillies - 2 (broken into 4 pieces) (optional)
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Curry Leaves 4- 5 leaves
Asafoetida / Hing - 1 pinch
Oil - approx 2 tsp

Method

Daal and chillies for cooking

Cook the daal with the green chillies and some water (around 3 cups) in the pressure cooker (for 3 whistles) or in a rice cooker until all the daal is nicely cooked and easily mashable. Mash the daal slightly and make it into a thick liquid. You can either add salt into the cooker or you can add it at this point and mix well. If you feel the daal is too thick, you can add some more water and cook it.


For the tempering


Start a small pan with oil on medium heat. Once its hot, add the 1 tsp of mustard seeds to it. When the mustard seeds start crackling, add the red chillies and curry leaves. Switch off the heat and add a pinch of asafoetida / hing to it. Since the oil is still hot, it will give out a nice aroma of hing.


Then pour all this oil and tempering mixture into the container with the daal in it and mix it well.

DaaLithoy :)

Enjoy it like lentil soup or eat it with steamed rice. Have fun :)


- So