Assemble: all the ingredients. Combine all the three dals, clean and wash under running water to remove all the grit.

In a pressure cooker add all the dal ingredients and mix them well. Close the lid of the cooker and cook on medium flame for 7-8 whistle or until dal is tender. In case if your dal is still uncooked - no worries, close the lid and pressure cook for another 2-3 whistles. You may need to adjust water in the dal before putting the lid on. But if your dal is OVERCOOKED - don't panic, throw in some ice cubes as this cool down the dal immediately, stir it gently and while doing the tadka just simmer it for a minute and take it off the flame.

Once dal is cooked, prepare its tempering.

Heat ghee in a pan, add cumin seeds and garlic. On a medium low flame saute until garlic becomes light brown, avoid burning the garlic. Stir in red chili flakes and give it a mix.

Time to add dal to this tempering/tadka and mix in rest of the spices. Mix and simmer for about 2-3 minutes till dal is well blended with all the spices.

Garnish with cilantro leaves ..

Serve hot with bati.

Drop a bati in hot dal and enjoy. Follow the link above on how to eat bati.