Dal Bread : A one pot meal
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Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2
 
Ingredients
  • 2 Pavs or 4-5 slices of Bread (White or Brown, you could use either)
  • 1 cup cooked Dal
  • ½ cup Water
  • 1/s Tsp Oil
  • 1 Tsp, or to taste, Lime Juice
  • ½ Tsp, or to taste, Red Chilly Powder
  • ½ Tsp, or to taste, Haldi or Turmeric Powder
  • 2 Green Chillies, slit
  • 5-6 curry leaves
  • Salt, to taste.
  • For the Garnishing:
  • ½ a medium sized Onion, Chopped fine.
  • 1 small Green Chilly, chopped fine.
  • Coriander Leaves, washed and chopped fine.
Instructions
  1. Heat the oil in a pan.
  2. Slip in the green chillies and curry leaves and saute for a bit.
  3. Add the cooked Dal to it along with the water.
  4. Mix well till your Dal is a watery consistency. If it is still thick you could add a little more water.
  5. Add the Red Chilly Powder, Haldi and Salt and mix well.
  6. Once the Dal starts boiling, lower the flame and add the Lime Juice and give it a good stir.
  7. Rip the bread roughly into small pieces and add to the boiling Dal.
  8. Mix well and keep boiling on a medium flame till the Bread starts absorbing the Dal and the mixture starts thickening.
  9. Let it cook till the bread is soaked with the Dal and the mixture is thick.
  10. Switch off the flame,garnish with the onions, chillies, chopped coriander and a dash of lemon juice and serve hot.
  11. If calories don't count or you are in an indulgent mood, top the garnishing with any spicy and savory mixture , like Chivda, at hand.
Recipe by Sirimiri at https://sirimiri.in/2017/10/21/dal-bread-pot-meal/