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tomato dal andhra style /tomato pappu

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 hours
Total Time 40 minutes

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

Method
 

  1. Wash dal and soak it for 20 minutes.
  2. Mean while chop onions and tomatoes.
  3. In a pressure cooker first add ghee when it heats up add mustard and jeera.
  4. When seeds splutter add onions and tomatoes and stir for sometime till tomatoes are tender.
  5. Now add chilli powder,turmeric powder and needed salt,mix till rawness goes off.
  6. Now strain water and add soaked dhal.
  7. Stir in and add needed water(depending how thick or thin you need).
  8. Close lid and pressure cook(each cooker cooking timing varies so,accordingly keep whistles).
  9. When sound subsides open the cooker(mash with a masher if required) boil dal to desired consistency switch off add coriander leaves for garnish.
  10. 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.