Pasta with Dal

This is an experimental recipe. I was not sure of the dish in the beginning but in the end I loved the combination and gave it a nick name - 'pappu tho pasta' (this is in my mother tongue - Telugu). I made my friends and husband try it and they liked it. They were curious when they heard the name as to what they will be eating but in the end it turns out to be good. :)

Ingredients:

Lentils - 1 cup
Cumin seeds - 1tsp
Garam masala - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste
Chilli powder - to taste
Ginger garlic paste - 3 tbsp
Green chillies - 3
Hing - pinch
Lemon juice - 1/2 tbsp
Urad dal -  1 tsp
oil - 3 tbsp
curry leaves - 2 to 3 stems
Onion - 1 large
Jaggery - 1 to 2 tbsp
All purpose flour - 3/4 cup

Preparation:

1. Add a pinch of salt to all purpose flour and mix. Then add water and mix well in to a tough dough and keep it aside for 1.30 hrs (maintain the consistency of  a pasta dough)
2. Boil the lentils and blend it in to a fine paste. 
3. Take another pan and add 2 tbsp of oil. Once the oil is heated add the mustard seeds and let them crackle. Add cumin seeds, Urad dal, turmeric powder, hing and curry leaves to the above and it cook for some time.
4. Then add about 2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste and fry till is turned in to golden brown. Add the green chillies and let it cook for few seconds and remove it from the heat. 
5. Add the above tempering to the dal (from step 2). Mix well and keep aside. 
6. Take another big pan and add 1 tbsp of oil. Once the oil is hot add the chopped onion and fry it till it is cooked. 
7. Then add the dal mixture (from step 5) along with 4 to 5 cups of water to the onions and then cook for few minutes. 
8. Add salt, chilli powder, lemon juice and garam masala and let it boil. Then add about 1 or 2 tbsp of jaggery (if you dont want it too sweet then add just 1 tbsp) to this mixture and mix well. 
9. Take the dough (from step 1) and roll it as a thin layer on top of the board. The thickness of this rolled sheet should be less than that of a normal chapathi.
10. Once it is rolled take a knife and cut it in to squares or triangles like paste pieces. Then drop these thinly sliced pasta pieces in to the boiling dal mixture (form step 7)
11. Once you add all the pieces then cook the pasta for about 10 to 15 minutes. 

Enjoy while it is hot!!!!

Note: drop the pasta carefully in to the dal mixture as it might break. Also keep mixing the pasta in between until it is cooked so that it does not stick to the bottom of the pan.