Ingredients:
- Yellow mug dal
- few small pieces of bitter gourd (optional)
- small piece of dry red chilli
- radhuni or mustard seeds
- bay leaf
- ginger paste
- turmeric powder
- ghee
- oil
- salt
- little sugar or half a pill of sugar free
Method:
Heat a little oil in pressure cooker. Add little radhuni or mustard seeds, bay leaf, small piece of dry red chilli and little ginger paste and saute.
Add the washed appropriate quantity of mug dal, turmeric powder, salt and little sugar or sugar free.
Mix well. Add about 1 cup water.
In another vessel, lightly fry a few pieces of fiinely cut bitter gourd. with a little salt.
Add this to the pressure cooker. Close the lid and heat in high flame till the pressure reaches maximum. Then switch off the burner. When the pressure subsides by itself, open the lid, add a little ghee. Add water if required, to have the dal of your required consistency.
Serve it hot with plain rice.