Kugan's Kitchen

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TOMATO DAL SOUP

Ingredients:
¼ cup tur dal soaked
5 big red tomatoes chopped
½ tsp cumin seeds
½ an inch ginger crushed
4 pips garlic chopped
¼ tsp tumeric powder
Salt to taste
1 ½ litres of water

1 big onion chopped fine
1 tsp chillie powder
Little pepper powder
1 bay leaf
3 cardamoms
1 inch cinnamon stick
1 tbs ghee
Little coriander leaves for garnishing

Method:
Boil the soaked dal with cumin seeds, ginger
Garlic, and tumeric powder.
Cook till the dal is well mashed.
Now add in the chopped tomatoes and cook
Again till the tomatoes are well mashed and
There is no raw smell.
Cool the cooked ingredients, then grind it in a mixie.
Drain and sieve it to remove the skin and seeds.
Add about 1 ½ litres of water to make up the soup.
( use your judgement when adding water )

Heat ghee in a pot, add in the bay leaf, cardamoms,
Cinnamon stick and sauté for a second.
Add in the finely chopped onion and fry nicely.
Now add in the tomato, dal soup and chillie powder and pepper powder.
Add salt to taste, boil well. Add the cut coriander leaves and remove.
Serve the steaming soup in a bowl as a starter.
See that you remove the cinnamon stick, cardamom and bay leaf before you serve.

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