Masoor, Moong, Mungi Masoor, Channa Daal

Ingredients
1 cup daal, any combination of the listed
1 tbsp red chilli powder
1/4 tumeric
1 tspn salt
1/4 cup oil
10-12 garlic cloves
1 tspn Garam masala powder
1 tbsp crushed cumin seeds
1 tspn coriander powder
1 black cardamon powder
1 inch ginger julienned
1 cinnamon stick
Water

Directions
Place lentils in pressure cooker with water 2 inches above surface. Add in 2-3 garlic cloves, add in red chilli powder, tumeric, cinnamon and cumin and leave to cook until 3 minutes of the whistle.

Let pressure cooker cool and cook lentils inside.  Fry garlic and ginger in oil for tarka to add on top of daal. Mix in tarka, serve hot.