Hello,
I tried to make dal with the following recipe (I live in the US) and
it came out quite sweet and hot. What did I do wrong ? hot was fine,
but I did not set out to make it SWEET!

1/2 finely chopped supermarket onion (these are rather large)
1/2 tomato chopped
1/2 cup whole moong dal (green)
1 pinch turmeric
1/4 tsp jeera
1/2 tsp coriander seeds
2 tbsps oil.
1/2 tsp chilly powder

Cook dal in a vessel with water, till soft.

Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onions to it and stir, add jeera and
coriander
seeds to it and wait till the onions turn transclucent then add the
tomato and mix it with onions. Do this till tomatoes become like a
paste. Add chilly powder and stir some more. Then add turmeric.
Add the cooked dal and salt to this mixture and add water and simmer
on low heat.

The dal was sweetish, and spicy and the sauce was very thick. not like
tomato soup consistency which it should have been. I tried to add
water but it became too weak flavoured, so I ended up reducing it to
the thick sauce.

Help
Thanks
Anita