Today’s recipe request was from my friend whose crazy of South Indian Dal. And I bet lot of people are out there who love the simple Tomato Dal. 

I have inherited this simple Dal from my Mom’s Kitchen. In Karnataka we famously mention this Dal as Tomato Belle Saru. I remember in no time my Mom used to make this Dal and serve with hot rice and some Papad/pickle. 

You can make this simple Dal with minimum ingredients at home and when there’s absolutely no vegetable at home.  

Tomato Dal

Ingredients: 

Toor Dal – ¼ cup or 4 tsps

Finely chopped Tomato – 2 nos

Haldi (Tumeric Powder) - a pinch

Tamrind – lemon size (Soaked in water for 20 mins)

Sambar Powder – 2 tsps

Oil – 2 tsps

Coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Tempering:

Mustard – 1 tsps

Curry Leaves – 1 tsp

Jeera – 1 tsp

Hing (Asafoetida) – a pinch

Method :

Pressure cook Toor dal with tomato, pinch of Haldi, few drops of oil and one cup of water. Mash the Dal and Tomato well. 

Take a deep pan and add oil. Once the oil is slight hot, add Mustard, Jeera , Curry Leaves and hing, allow these to crackle on a medium flame. 

Add the Sambar Powder (you can use MTR Sambar Powder) and fry it for 2 mins, add the tamrind extract and mix well. Add the cooked Dal and tomato to this and bring this to boil. Add salt to taste and fresh finely chopped coriander. Allow it to cook for 2-3 mins.

Tasty , simple Tomato Dal ready to be served with hot rice.