THOVE

Thove is a nutritious dish made from toor dal. This is a very auspicious dish among Brahmins. When the food served according to an order,this dish is served on top of rice, next ghee is dropped on it and only after this people will start to eat.

INGREDIENTS:

Toor dal - 1/2 Cup

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp 

Green chili - 2 or 3 

Ginger - small piece

Hing - pinch

Coconut milk - 1/8 cup

Salt to taste

For seasoning:

Ghee - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Red chili - 1

Curry leaves

METHOD: 

1. Wash the Toor dal well and pressure cook dal with sufficient water.

2. Add chopped ginger, salt, hing,  green chili and coconut milk.

3. In a pan heat ghee and add the mustard seeds, when they splutter add urad dal, curry leaves and broken red chilies and toss them.

4. Add this seasoning to the dal. Serve hot with rice.