Pakistani Shahi Daal And Tarka - cooking recipe

Ingredients

200 -250 g lentils (1 1/2cups)
3 tablespoons tamarind paste
1 medium onion (sliced)
4 green chilies (whole)
curry leaf (few)
2 tablespoons national shahi daal mixed spice
For TARKA (Sizzle)
4 red chilies (whole)
1/2 teaspoon cumin seed (whole)
4 -6 curry leaves
1/2 cup oil or 1/2 cup ghee

Preparation

Soak tamarind in 1 1/2 cup of warm water.
Wash Daal and boil it with onion in 2 1/2 cups of water.
When Daal is tender, add Shahi Daal Spice Mix and blend thoroughly with a wooden spoon or in a blender.
Add tamarind juice, curry leaves and green chillies and cook.
When green chillies are tender daal is cooked.
For TARKA (Sizzle).
Heat oil/ghee and fry all he tarka ingredients until reddish brown.
Add to Daal.