Daliya (Indian Porridge)

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup porridge (daliya) 
• 2 cups of water (plus a few more tbsp for water sautéing)
• 1/2 cup pink lentils
• 2 small carrots (diced)
• 2 small tomatoes (diced)
• 1/2 cup peas
• 5 garlic cloves (grind up with ginger to make a paste)
• 2 small pieces of ginger
• cilantro 

Spices

• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp coriander
• 1 small pinch hing
• pinch of garlic herb
• a little cracked black pepper

Steps

1. dry roast porridge for 2 or 3 minutes, stirring it around so that it doesn’t burn.  It will start to have a fragrance, and very slightly changes color
2. To the pressure cooker - add cumin seeds and mustard seeds and toast them dry for 15-30 seconds
3. add tomatoes and stir, adding a few tbsp of water as needed to water sauté them.  Add spices and cook them down for 2-3 minutes
4. add ginger and garlic paste, peas, carrots, stir them all up cook for a minute or 2
5. add porridge and pink lentils, stir it up
6. add 2 cups of water
7. Pressure cook, the timing is different, but you need to cook until the porridge is done.  Should be about 20 minutes
8. add chopped cilantro, black pepper, and garlic herb to taste

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