Tadka Dhal - Meat Free Monday

Ingredients

• 200 g/7 oz toor dhal
• 750 ml/3¼ cups boiling water
• ½ teaspoon fine sea salt, plus extra to taste
• ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
• 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 4 garlic cloves, sliced
• 2 green chillies, slit in half lengthways
• 10-12 fresh curry leaves
• large pinch of asafoetida powder
• 2 large tomatoes, roughly chopped
• pinch of fine sea salt
• 1 teaspoon palm sugar/jaggery
• freshly squeezed juice of ½ lemon
• 5-6 fresh coriander/cilantro stems, roughly chopped, plus extra to garnish