Jyoti

for pressure cooking the dal • tuvar dal or half-half of tuvar dal and masoor dal • water for pressure cooking the dal • other ingredients for dal fry: • medium sized onion • medium sized tomato • green chilies, slit or chopped • dry red chilies • curry leaves • ginger + 3 to 4 garlic crushed or made into a paste • black mustard seeds • cumin seeds •

medium sized colocasia leaves or taro root leaves • ginger + 1-2 green chilies - made into a paste in mortar-pestle • coriander powder (dhania powder) • red chilli powder (lal mirch powder) • turmeric powder (haldi powder) • cumin powder (jeera powder) • seedless tamarind (imli) soaked in ¼ cup water • besan (orgram flour) • powdered jaggery or as required • oil (optional) salt as required water as required • tempering alu vadi- • sesame seeds (safed til) •