Pre- requisites :

Remove the stalk of the green leaf and chop it finely. Wash it by soaking it in water for sometime.

Soak the tamarind in water for half an hour. Then, extract the pulp from it.

Cooking in easy steps :

Cooking of dal along with green leaf and other ingredients mentioned later

Making the seasoning.

Again pressure cook.

1 Wash the dal and put it in a wide bowl. Add the chopped green leaf, tomato pieces, slit green chilly, garlic cloves and turmeric powder with adequate amount of water. Cook it in a pressure pan.

2 Take oil in a wok. Add mustard seeds, as it splutters, add asafoetida and turmeric powder. To this , add the cooked dal. Let cook for sometime. Now, put salt and tamarind pulp. Allow to boil for five minutes.

3 The cooked dal is again put in the pressure pan and allowed to cook for one whistle.