Chanar Dal (Lentils)

Ingredients:

2 cups of Chana dal - wash and clean it
1/4 cup grated coconut
2 cinnamon sticks
4 black cardamom
4 cloves
1 tsp whole black pepper powder
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp coriander seeds

salt, turmeric, a pinch of sugar
1 tsp ghee plus chari-phutana seeds
(cumin, mustard, fennel, fenu greek)

Instructions:

1. Boil the clean chana dal in hot water
and add salt, turmeric and sugar
Cook until dal boils properly and dal is thick

2. Blend all ingredients (1/4 cup grated coconut
2 cinnamon sticks
4 black cardamom
4 cloves
1 tsp whole black pepper powder
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp coriander seeds) together.
Add it to the dal after it is almost cooked and simmer it for
another 20 minutes
3. Fry the chari-phutana until it fluters and then add it to the dal