YELLOW PUMPKIN AND TUVAR DAL / SPLIT RED GRAM / YELLOW LENTIL TADKA ( HALLOWEEN SPECIAL )

INGREDIENTS
Yellow Pumpkin - 1 cup ( chopped )
Tuvar Dal - 1 1 / 4 cups
Shallots - 15
Garlic Pods - 10
Onion - 1 ( chopped )
Green Chillies - 5 ( chopped )
Ginger - 1 Tsp ( chopped )
Tomato - 1 ( chopped )
Red Chilli Powder - 2 Tsps
Cumin Powder - 1 Tsp
Coriander Leaves - 3 Tbsp ( chopped )
Salt - to taste

TO TEMPER
INGREDIENTS
Coconut Oil - 3 Tbsps
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp
Fennel Seeds - 1 Tsp
Curry Leaves  - 2 Sprigs
Dry Red Chillies - 4
Asafoetida - a pinch

METHOD
1. Soak the lentils for an hour.
2. Pressure cook the soaked lentils along with the chopped
    yellow pumpkin, shallots, garlic pods, turmeric powder and
    salt and mash it well when warm.

3. Heat oil in a pan and add the ingredients for tempering one
    by one.

4. Add the chopped onion , green chillies and saute well.
5. Add the chopped ginger and saute till raw smell is no more.

6. Add the chopped tomatoes and saute till soft and oil floats on
    top.

7. Add the chilli powder, cumin powder and salt to taste and saute well

.

8. Add the pressure cooked, mashed lentils simmer for 5 minutes or more till the
    water evaporates and remove pan  from stove, garnish with chopped coriander
     leaves and serve.

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                                      A FRIGHTFUL FREAKY HALLOWEEN 2013 !!!!!