Ingredients

4 medium size tomatoes
1 1/4 cup tur dal
5 tbsp gram flour
150 gms lady finger
5 tbsp oil
100 gm beans
A few curry leaves (kari patta)
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds (methi)
1/2 tsp asafeotida powder (hing)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
5 green chillies
6-7 kokam
8-10 glasses of water
salt to taste

Procedure

1.	Soak tur dal in water for 1 hour
2.	Cook it in a pressure cooker for 10-12 minutes along with tomatoes and 2 glasses of water
3.	Strain out all the water and let remaining pulp cool, squeeze out the soup from it.
4.	Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel for a few minutes before adding cumin seeds, fenugreek, asafoetida powder and green chillies
5.	Fry for a minute and add gram flour (besan) and then fry again for a couple of minutes more.
6.	Add red chilli powder and turmeric powder
7.	Fry till the gram flour becomes aromatic and turns slightly brown in colour
8.	Ad stock to it immediately. Stir well.
9.	Add lady finger, beans, curry leaves, kokam and salt
10.	Let it boil on a low flame for 2 hours till the vegetables are well cooked and have absorbed the flavour of the spices.