Mixed Dal Tadka and Jeera Rice

Soak all Dals for approx 30 mins and pressure cook till 4-5 Whistles.

Heat ghee and oil in a kadhai, add Jeera and asafoetida, bay leaf and dry red chilli. Once splutter add onions and let it be translucent. Later add chilli ginger and garlic paste. Cook till the raw smell of garlic and onions goes away.

Add tomatoes and cook till oil releases from it.

Add salt and all the spices and cook for approx 10 Mins. Later add the boiled dals in it and 2 cups of water and simmer it for approx 10-12 Mins.

In a small tadka pan add 1/2tsp of ghee, add very little jeera switch of the flame and add 1/4tsp chilli powder and add tadka into dal.

FOR JEERA RICE- Soak rice for 30 mins and then open cook rice in a large pan. Add salt into it. Take ghee in a pan, add jeera and let it splutter. Then add curry leaves chopped chillies and rice to it and mix well.