Broccoli Senagapappu

Ingredients:

Broccoli one medium sized cut in florets
Chanadal/Senagapappu 1 cup
1 large Onion finely chopped
salt to taste
Geen chilliies sliced/red chilli powder(as per ur taste)
turmeric
for tempering:
oil 2 tb spoons
mustard seeds
cumin seeds
curry leaves
asafoetida

Method:

1. Clean the chanadal/Senagapappu and cook them.They should neither become too mashy nor undercooked. (They cook faster if they r soaked in the water for 20 to 30 mins. Strain the remaing water after cooking the dal and u can use this water in rasam. It defenitely tastes gud. )
2. Give tadka/tempering in a wok and add the chopped onions, fry them till they r golden brown.
3. Add the cleaned broccoli florets and stir fry for 2 mins. Add turmeric and little salt to make the florets sweat and cook faster.
4. After the florets r tender and gets rid of any raw smells, add the cooked dal and chilli powder and salt to taste. Stir fry for 5 mins. Don't worry if the dal is mashed. It still looks gud with the green broccoli showing off its bright green color.

I have made this from the broccoli paruppu usili from here with some variations I like. I have replaced the tuvar dal (kandi pappu) with the chana dal becoz it tastes better than tuvardal. And we loved it. And I tell u would'nt hate broccoli after having this.

Enjoy.