Recipe Credit - Gita Iyer of Agrahara recipes
Ingredients
Grind
1/2 c coconut
1 green chili
15 cashews
1/2 tsp poppy seeds
Season
2 bay leaf
1 piece cinnamon
1 clove
1 piece mace
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
Veggies
1 cup cabbage
1 onion
1 tomato
15 garlic cloves
2 green chilis sliced vertically
Handful cilantro
Other
1/2 tsp ground ginger paste
1tbsp ghee
1/2 heaped tsp sambhar powder
1/2 c Moong dal rinsed and soaked
Marble sized tamarind soaked in water
Oil
Method
In a pressure cooker, Add oil and seasoning ingredients and stir till fragrant
Add garlic and stir till color changes. add green chilis
Add ginger paste and stir
Add tomato and stir
Add rest of the veggies and stir till it has shrunk a bit
Add soaked moong and enough water to cover
Add 1/2 tsp turmeric, stir and close lid
After 3 whistles, lower heat and cook for 10 mins
After pressure settles, add tamarind water and the ground paste boil on low for 10 minutes
In a small pan, add ghee when it heats up, add hing and the sambhar powder
Add to the cooked moong dal mixture
