GREEN and BLACK Split DAL (Lentils)

Grains
1 Cup Green and Black Split Dal mixed and soaked as you start your preparations
Grocery:
1 Cup Medium Chopped onions
1 Cup Medium Chopped Tomatoes
1/2 inch ginger finely chopped
2  medium Sized Garlics finely Chopped
Spices:
1 inch Cinnamon Stick
2.5 tspn Coriander powder
2 tspn Chilli powder
1 tspn turmeric
1 tspn fenugreek seeds
1 tspn good quality garam masala
1 tspn Jeera
3 tbspn Ghee

Miscll:
Salt to taste
3 + 1 Cup Water
Medium Cooker 3kg
Frying Pan

Method:

1. As you start chopping the grocery items listed, soak your Dal.
2. Once finished chopping, light your gas top and place the cooker.
3. Once the cooker is heated add your washed dal and 3 cups of water. Add the turmeric, salt to taste, cinnamon stick and fenugreek seeds.
4. Cook it on slow heat till the foam from the dal comes on top. Remove the foam with a spoon. Cover the cooker with the lid and whistle. Once the 1st whistle comes, lower the heat. Let one more whistle come. Switch off the gas. Unlock cooker. Let it cool naturally, to allow the lid to open.
5. Now alight gas and put the Frying Pan. Once heated up, add Ghee. Add the Jeera immediately. when light brown, add garlic and ginger. Once slightly brown, add onions. Spread evenly for even cooking. Once slightly brown, top it with chilli powder, coriander powder. Stir, if it starts sticking add tomato juice from the chopped tomatoes. If it still burns, add the tomatoes. Once it seems to stick again, add 2 cups of water as you like and cook with little salt as per taste. Add the garam masala now and cook for 2 mins. the gravy is ready to eat by itself when it starts boiling.
6. Open the cooker lid and add your masala puree.  Add only boiled water if it is too thick as per the consistency desired. 
7. Taste the dal. If it has less salt add as per yout taste. After one boil, close gas. 
8. Dal is ready to eat. Serve with hot chappatis. Use the hot floating ghee of rotti to top your Dal with ghee flavour.