yummy-day: Preparation of lemon dal

The average lemon contains approximately 3 tablespoons (50 mL) of juice. Lemons and limes have particularly high concentrations of citric acid, which can constitute as much as 8% of the dry weight of these fruits (about 47 g/L in the juices); the juice of the lemon is about 5% to 6% citric acid. These values vary depending on the cultivar and the circumstances in which the fruit was grown.Lemons left unrefrigerated for long periods of time are susceptible to mold.

Lets see the preparation of lemon dal.

Ingredients

Lemon-big size 1(if small requires 2)

green chillies-2(choped finely)

toor dal-1/2 cup

water-1 cup

turmeric-pinch

salt-1 tsp(as required)

curry leaves-few and fresh

serves-3

time-15 min

for seasoning

cumin seeds-1/2 tsp

mustard-1/2 tsp

red chillies-1 chilli broken in to small pieces

hing-pinch

oil-1 tsp

procedure

Wash toor dal for 2 times.

Add 1 cup of water and pressure cook it with turmeric powder.

Wait for 3 whistles. Now switch off the stove.

Meanwhile of the above process extract the lemon juice.

Then add curry leaves and chopped green chillies to the lemon juice.(bcz green chillies and curry leaves will absorb lemon juice. So that the entire dal flavours lemon taste).

After some time add prepared lemon juice to dal and also add required amount of salt to it.

For seasoning

Heat oil in a pan. Then add cumin seeds, mustard,red chillies, hing. Now add this to our dal.

Our final product is ready to eat.