Tomato Pachadi Recipe (Andhra Style)

• 3–4dried red chilies — or red chili flakes
• 2 cupstomatoes — chopped
• ¾ tbspchana dal — or white sesame seeds
• ¾ tbspurad dal
• ½ tspsalt
• ½ tspcumin seeds (jeera)
• ⅛ tspturmeric
• 1 tspoil
• 2garlic — cloves, or ginger

Tempering

• 1 sprigcurry leaves
• 1dried red chili — small, broken
• ⅛ tspcumin — 1 pinch, optional
• ⅛ tspmustard — 1 pinch
• ¼–½ tspurad dal — 1 pinch, optional
• 1 pinchhing
• 1garlic — crushed, optional