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Chop mixed veggies and keep aside.
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You may also grate fresh cottage cheese alongwith the veggies (in total veggies and cottange cheese should be equal to 1 cup).
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Boil Toor dal and keep aside.
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Pour 4 cups water in a pot.
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Add the boiled Toor dal.
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Allow it to cook on low flame while you prepare the potlis'.
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For this, put the whole wheat flour in a bowl.
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Add 1 tsp.
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oil, a pinch of salt, ajwain seeds and water as required.
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Knead well to make a dough.
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Pinch off equal sized balls from the dough (about 5-6).
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With the help of a rolling pin, flatten out each ball on a floured board till you get a disc of diameter 3 inches each.
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Put 1 tbsp.
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of veggie mixture in each disc.
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Put a little water on the edges of each disc (on its circumference).
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This is required to seal the potli.
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Now, carefully lift one side of the disc, the bottom half is what I start with, and fold it over the top half.
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Press on the edges to seal, adding a little more water if required.
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Seal firmly.
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Then, once again, fold from the right to the left side, and press on the edges firmly to seal.
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Ultimately, you should have a triangular shaped basket, which somewhat resembles a little pot pourri basket.
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Likewise, do for all the balls of dough.
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Your potlis' are now ready.
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Keep aside.
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Now, add turmeric powder, 2 tsps.
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salt, a chopped tomato, 12 curry leaves, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, jaggery and lemon juice to the lentil curry (dal).
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Stir well.
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Carefully, lower the potlis' into the dal.
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Allow them to cook in the dal mixture until they are soft (taste a bit of the potli after about 15-20 minutes to check if it is ready or not. If it is still very chewy, it means, you have to let it cook some more).
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Now, heat 1 tbsp.
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oil in a pan.
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Add mustard seeds, 8 curry leaves, a pinch of asafoetida and a whole red chilli to it.
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Once the mustard seeds stop spluttering, remove from heat and spoon this seasoning into the dal.
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Stir well.
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Garnish with corriander leaves and coconut, if you desire.
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Remove from heat.
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Serve hot all by itself.
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This is a one-dish meal.
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If you are a rice eater, you may pour the lentil curry over a bowl of hot steaming cooked white rice and have it hot alongwith some yoghurt on the side.
