Lettuce dal

After J planted some lettuce  in the backyard, it was a routine for both of us just to watch if some plants are coming in  our vegetable garden. Days passed by and there was no sign of lettuce and we thought may be the seeds didn't work out. One day we saw some plants in our veggie garden and I was thinking it was from the Kale I had in my garden , then I noticed plants in 3-4 places and atlast knew it was the lettuce J planted.
Now the next big question , how will I use my lettuce , as we both are not a big fan of salads and burgers. And J kept on asking me to try dal curry out of it.

Ingredients:
Lentil/sambar dal/toor dal -1/2 cup
Onions -chopped finely 1/4 cup
Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp
Jeera/ cumin seeds -1 tsp
Garlic -10 cloves  - chopped finely
ginger -1 inch piece -chopped finely
green chilly -1 slit lengthwise
tomatoes -1 chopped into cubes
turmeric powder -1/2 tsp
corriander powder -1/2 tsp
lettuce  -washed and choppped -1/ 2 cup
Salt - to taste

Directions:
1. Pressure toor dal  for 1 whitsle ( cook it according to your pressure cooker)
2.Heat a heavy bottom pan , add oil when steaming hot add mustard seeds, when crackle add jeera along with ginger and garlic, stir well till they are light brown in color.Now add the chopped onion and fry till translucent. At this time, add turmeric and corriander powder and fry till the raw smell goes off. Add the chopped tomato and stir well till  they become little mushy.Now its time to add the lettuce and stir on high flame  for a minute.
3.Add the cooked lentil to the the heavy bottomed pan . Stir well to mix everything well . 
4.Allow the curry to boil . Always do a "taste check" and adjust the salt the spices accordingly. 
5.Serve warm with rice or chappathi.

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