Yellow Lentil Soup

Ingredients

• Yellow lentils (tuar dal) 1 cup
• Tamarind water 1/2 cup
• Ginger-garlic paste 1/2 tsp
• Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds 1 tsp 
• Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
• Black pepper powder 1/4 tsp
• Red chilly powder 1/2 tbsp
• Curry leaves, chopped 3 tbsp
• Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
• Salt according to taste

Preparation:

1. Steam the drumsticks in a pressure cooker and scoop out the pulp. Keep aside.
2. Cook the daal with tomato in the pressure cooker. Tie the cumin and pepper mixture in a muslin bag and put it in the daal while cooking.
3. Cool the mixture and discard the spice bag.
4. Blend it with the drumstick pulp in a mixer.
5. Strain or pass through a sieve and dilute with water. 
6. Serve hot.

Medicinal Properties of Mint

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