Aloo Potala Dalma(Harar dal cooked with Potato and seasonal gaurd)

Ingredients
1 cup harhar Daal(harada dali)
2 cups of seasonal guard cut across length wise, deseeded if needed.
1 big or 2 small Potatoes peeled and cut into half and then length wise.
Salt to taste
1 table spoon of Oil for tempering
1 tea spoon of pancha phodan( mix of 5 spices •Cumin seeds (jeera)
•Fennel seeds (Pan Mahuri)
•Nigella seeds (kala jeera)
•Fenugreek seeds (Methi)
•Mustard seeds (Sorisha)
)
2 bay leaves
2 tablespoon of coriander and cumin powder
2-3 red chillies
1 piece of ginger.
1 tea spoon of Turmeric powder


Method:
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1: Wash the Harar dal with cold water and soak the Dal in water.
2: Take a large bottomed pan and add oil. Once it gets hot, add red chillies,ginger piece, bay leaf and panch phodan seeds.
3: Once the seeds splutter, add dal and the chopped potatoes .Add more than double the quantity of water. Once the water starts boiling, simmer for 5 minutes. Add seasonal gaurds.
4: Add salt and turmeric powder, stire well and let it cook for 25-30 min in medium flame. If you are cooking in pressure cooker 3  whistles in medium flame should suffice.
5:After that open the cover, add coriander and cumin powder and cook on high heat for about 5 minutes.

Goes Well with:
Ghia Anna(steamed Rice with clarified butter), hot steam rice.

Tips: seasonal gaurd is usually added later so that it remains intact and tender while serving dal. other wise, it may completely dissolve in dal as it is soft compared to potato and mung dal.
if you are pressure cooking, add gaurds after 2nd whistle is done.