Wash toor dal in running water. Add 1 cup of water,garlic cloves and coriander powder into dal. pressure cook it on medium flame for 10-15 min or 4 whistles.
Mash your dal and keep it aside.
Heat oil in non-stick kadai.
Add cumins. when they crackle add asafoetida and ginger-chili-garlic paste.
Saute the paste until golden brown.
Add onion and saute until golden brown.
Add tomatoes,salt,red chili powder,coriander powder, turmeric powder and mix well.
When tomatoes are soften add boiled dal.
Boil the mixture for 5-7 mins.
Keep the mixture aside.
For Tempering:
Heat oil and ghee together in tadka pan.
Add cumins.When they crackle add asafoetida.
Turn off the flame.
Add red chili powder.
Pour this tadka on dal.
Serve hot with rice or roti.
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Notes
wash and soak the toor daal atleast for 30 minutes before cooking to make it more creamy.
If you like thick consistency of daal, reduce the amount of water while cooking and if you like thinner consistency , you may add more water.
To make daal more healthy you can add vegetables like bottle gourd( lauki), Cucumber, Zucchini etc.
If you don't like ghee in your daal,You can completely skip adding the second tadka of ghee. Add only oil while preparing tadka.