Simple recipe with few ingredients and hardly any cooking time. I enjoy sipping this comforting soup on a cold rainy day. 1 Combine mashed dal with water, add salt, turmeric pwd and few curry leaves. Bring to a boil. 2 While the dal water is boiling, heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and as they splutter, add the cumin seeds and methi seeds and once the cumin crackles and methi turns red, add curry leaves and red chilli. Finally add asafoetida. 3 Add the onions and green chillis and saute for 2 mts, add the tomatoes and combine. 4 Add the dal water to the sauteed onion-tomato mixture and cook for 5 mts. Turn off heat. Let it cool down a bit. 5 Add the lemon juice and combine. Adjust salt. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve warm. Prep & Cooking: 20-25 mts Serves 4-5 Cuisine: Andhra . juice of 2 lemons 4 cups water 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 small tomato, finely chopped (optional) 2-3 green chillis slit large pinch turmeric pwd salt to taste For seasoning/poppu/tadka: 1/2 tbsp oil pinch of mustard seeds (optional) pinch of cumin seeds (optional) pinch of methi seeds large pinch hing/asafoetida/inguva 1 dry red chilli, tear and de-seed 10-12 curry leaves
