Simple mixed dal rice

Ingredients

• Mixed lentils (masoor dal, channa dal, yellow and green moong dal, channa dal) - 1 cup all together
• Rice - 1 1/2 cups
• Water - 7 cups
• Green chillies - 2
• Garlic - 5 cloves
• Curry leaves - 1 string
• mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Urad dal- 1 tsp
• Red chillies - 2
• Fenugreek seeds -  1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
• Onion chopped - 1 no
• Tomato chopped - 1 no
• Salt - as per taste
• tamarind - 1 lemon size
• jaggery - 1 tsp (optional)
• Coriander leaves

Method

• Soak all the lentils together in some water for about 30 minutes.
• Soak tamarind in hot water and take the pulp. Keep it ready
• In a pressure cooker, heat some oil. Add mustard seeds. When they splutter, add urad dal, fenugreek seeds, red chillies and curry leaves. 
• Throw in the onions to the pressure cooker and add salt. Salt helps the onion to release out its water and cook faster. Once the onions are slightly transparent, add the tomato. Keep mixing it until tomato becomes mushy. Now add turmeric powder.
• Drain out the water from the soaked lentils and add it in to the pressure cooker along with rice. Mix thoroughly until everything is incorporated. 
• Add add water, tamarind pulp and jaggery. 
• In this stage, you can adjust your salt, spice and sweetness
• Once everything is perfect, close the lid of your pressure cooker and cook it for 6 whistles.
• Open the pressure cooker when the pressure is released completely. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with any raitha or chips.

Tips:

1. Green moong dal will take longer time to cook than the other lentils. So, if you prefer to cook it really well, pressure cook it separately and add it to the rice. 
2. The quantity of water depends on 2 factors. 1) The quality of your rice. 2) How mushy you want the rice to be. So add water accordingly
3. This tastes the best when it is served hot.
4. I have not added any spices like garamasala, coriander powder, chilli powder, etc. But if you like these flavors in your rice, you can add it.