Supratim's Mom recipe

Im hoping this simple recipe passed on to me by Supratim and his wife Ajanta will make everyone love Dal more than they do!!!;) Its simple and tastes wicked awesome!!! We live in Mass, trying to sound Mass. Anyway here it is..I add label" Mom's recipe" so if there are others like me in web space who look up recipe's when they miss home...may not be ur home u ll find but Supratim's!!

Ingredients:
- 1 cup dal
- Mustard seeds- 1/2 tspn
- Cumin seeds- 1/2 tspn
- 1/2 onio(chopped)
- 1 tspn ginger
- 1 tspn garlic
- pinch of turmeric
- 2 red chillies
- 1 tspn sugar ;)

Step
1. 1 tbspn Oil( Mong/ green and beige mix small stuff)
2. Add cumin+mustard+
3. Add chopped onions, cook till golden brown
4. Add chopped tomatoes, cook for 5 minutes
5. Add garlic+ ginger
6. Add washed dal and 6 cups of water
7. follow with pinch of turmeric, salt, red chilli
8. Add 1 tspn sugar( wht makes the recipe wht it is!)
9. Let cook until Dal is well done.
Enjoy!!!

Its the first time I ve written a recipe down. Forgive the ambiguity....Hope u guys like it!!! thanks Supratim's mom, who actually does nt remember this recipe her son took from her very well!!!