tomato dal andhra style /tomato pappu
Ingredients
- Toor dal/thuvaram paruppu - 1 cup
- Tomatoes - 2 medium,chopped
- Small onions - 1/2 cup
- Ginger garlic equal amounts - 2-3 tsp finely chopped or paste
- oil or ghee - 11/2 tsp
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Cumin/jeera/seeragam - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
- Chilli powder - 2tsp
Instructions
- Wash dal and soak it for 20 minutes.
- Mean while chop onions and tomatoes.
- In a pressure cooker first add ghee when it heats up add mustard and jeera.
- When seeds splutter add onions and tomatoes and stir for sometime till tomatoes are tender.
- Now add chilli powder,turmeric powder and needed salt,mix till rawness goes off.
- Now strain water and add soaked dhal.
- Stir in and add needed water(depending how thick or thin you need).
- Close lid and pressure cook(each cooker cooking timing varies so,accordingly keep whistles).
- When sound subsides open the cooker(mash with a masher if required) boil dal to desired consistency switch off add coriander leaves for garnish.
- Serve with rice.
Notes
Directly you can pressure cook dal alone add as tadka either way it will be good.
I have added ginger garlic chopped but you can add as paste also.
I have used ghee for seasoning you can skip and add oil .
If tomatoes are sour then reduce accordingly.
You can reduce chillipowder and add green chillies.
I have added ginger garlic chopped but you can add as paste also.
I have used ghee for seasoning you can skip and add oil .
If tomatoes are sour then reduce accordingly.
You can reduce chillipowder and add green chillies.