Odia Dalma(Harhar Dal cooked with mixed vegetables)

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, khamba aloo(arbi), 3 pieces of saaru(yam), small piece of pumpkin peeled and cut into cubes.
1 cup of brinjals cut into cubes, 1/2 cup of beans cut into small pieces.
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 roasted cumin powder
2-3 red chillies
1 piece of ginger.
1 tea spoon of clarified butter.
1 tea spoon of Turmeric powder.


Method:
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1: Dry roast the Mung Dal in a pan until it changes color to light redish orange.   Makes sure it doesn't turn completely orange or brown.
2: Wash the Mung daal with cold water and soak the Dal in water.
3: Take a large bottomed pan and Once it gets hot, add water , dal, red chillies,ginger piece, bay leaf and all the vegetables. Add salt and turmeric powder, stire well and let it cook for 25-30 min in medium flame
4: Once dal and vegetables are vooked properly, simmer for 5 minutes.If you are cooking in pressure cooker 2  whistles in medium flame should suffice.
5: Place a heavy bottomed pan on the flame and once it is hot, add paanch phodon, red chillies. once the seeds splutter, all the cooked dal and simmer for 10 minutes. Once it starts boiling, add the cumin seed powder and a tea spoon of clarified butter.

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