Directions

1. Boil dal with bay leaves, cinnamon stick, turmeric and salt. Do not overcook the dal. They should be whole after having been boiled.
2. Add jeera, cloves, green cardamom, green chilli and dry red chilli. Sauté lightly and add the coconut pieces, toss lightly till the coconut pieces turns golden. Now add the ginger paste & jeera paste.
3. Sauté for some time and add water. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, Green Spanish olives and the boiled dal.
4. Let the dal thicken a bit and then add bhaja masala powder, ghee, garam masala powder and let it come to a boil.
5. Let it stand in the pan for 5-7 min. Dish it out with ghee.
6. This dish is traditionally had with fulko luchi or kochuri. Goes well with roti (chapatti) as well.