The finished product

Recipe

What to saute with

• A tablespoon or two of butter or ghee

Stuff to saute

• About one onion
• About one pepper
• One chili pepper (as spicy as you'd like)

Stuff to add after sauteing

• A can of diced tomatoes (no salt added) or like 2 tomatoes
• About a cup of toor dal
• About a cup of masoor dal

Spices to add once you've added the beans

For each of these, a good sized spoonful is best (add as much as you like though)

• Garam masala
• Kashmiri chili powder (or regular chili powder if boring)
• Turmeric
• Cumin
• A small spoonful of salt

Everything else

• 5 cups of water

Instructions

• Chop the vegetables in the "stuff to saute" section.
• Turn your instant pot onto the saute mode and put the vegetables in (know for how long)
• Add the stuff to add after sauteing
• Add everything in the spices to add blah section
• Add "everything else"
• Stir a little
• Set your instant pot to pressure cook mode for 14 minutes
• Ok now you're done

I don't have an instant pot

When you get to the instant pot section, instead of pressure cooking let everything simmer for a while in a regular pot with the lid on until it's all tender. I've never done it this way, but it'll probably be an hour or two of time before it's done.