1c split red lentil
1/2 t turmeric
1 t cumin
2 green chili
2 dry red chili
1 t chopped ginger
2 bay leaves
10 gms mixed spices (onion seeds, fenugreek, aniseeds, cumin seeds, mustard seeds)
1 t sugar
Salt
Ghee

Wash lentils and cook with turmeric, salt, sugar, over a medium flame. Add half the ginger and the cumin powder. When lentils are cooked, nice and thick, remove from flame. heat ghee in pan and add mixed spices. When the mustard seeds crackle, add the bay leaf, remaining chopped ginger, slit green chiles and broken red chiles. Fry for 2 minutes and pour over the Dal.