Daal curry

Daal curry was my favourite during the early days of my cooking career because it was the easiest curry to make and you dont have to worry any thing about the outcome. Still it will be satisfactory! So here we go...
ingredients:
1/2 cup of toor dhaal.
1 medium size onion.
1 medium size potato. (optional)
1 medium size tomato. (optional)
1 green chilli.
1/2 table spoon of turmeric powder.
1/2 table spoon of redchilli powder.
2 table spoon of coriander powder.
5-6 curry leaves and coriander leaves. (optional)
1 teaspoon of mustard seeds.
2-3 table spoon of coconut oil.
Salt to taste.

wash the toor daal well. cut the onion into 2 halfs and make slices.
Cut tomato and potato in a similiar way. Cut the green chilli into 2 pieces vertically. Add all these ingredients to a pressure cooker and add 1½ cup of water to it. Add all the spices and 1/2 teaspoon of salt into it. Pressure cook it for 2 whistle in medium flame and wait till it cools down.

After it cooled down, take another pan and heat the coconut oil in it. Lower the heat and add the mustard seeds and wait till it stops spluttering. Add the curry leaves to it and then add the pressure cooked contents to this oil pan and wait till dhaal gets cooked well.

Add the coriander leave on top of the curry, cover the pan and turn off the stove. wait for 5 minutes and have your dhaal curry.

TIPS:
1)Be sure you have toor daal with you. Other daals will take different time for cooking and will taste differently.
2)varying the spices will change the taste. Try out different quantities and find out your own taste.