Tomato Pappu

Ingredients:

• Thur Dal (కందిపప్పు) - 1 cup
• Oil - 3 to 4 Tea spoons
• Mustard Seeds - 1/4 Tea spoon
• Urud Dal - 1/4 Tea spoon
• Jeera seeds - 1/4 Tea spoon
• Onions - 2 - Medium -Chopped
• Green chillies - 5 -Chopped
• Curry leaves - 2 stems
• Red chillies - 2
• Garlic - 4 pieces - Chopped
• Inguva - 4 pinches
• Methi powder - 4 pinches
• Tomatoes - 4 - Medium - Finely chopped
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tea spoon
• Chilli Powder - 1/4 Tea spoon
• Dhaniya Powder - 1/4 Tea spoon
• Tamarind - Small lemon size
• Salt - To taste
• Coriander - To garnish

Procedure:

• Take thur dal in a vessel and soak it for 20 minutes and drain the water. Later on add water and pressure cook dhal for 5 whistles. On the other side, soak tamarind.
• Now heat oil in a pan, add mustard, urud dal, jeera seeds and wait till the mustard pops down.
• Later on add chopped onions, red chillies, chopped green chillies, curry leaves and saute them, till the onion pieces become transparent.
• Now add inguva, methi powder and later on add chopped tomatoes.
• Later, add turmeric powder, chilli powder, dhaniya powder and fry the entire mixture well. Tomato pieces should become soft.
• Now squeeze the tamarind juice and add it. Add required salt.
• Finally add slightly mashed thur dhal, add water if required and allow to cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Finally garnish with corriander and serve hot with steamed rice.

* before cooking Dhal, such as Thur dhal, channa dhal, moong chal etc.,, allow dhal to soak for 20 minutes, so that the bad elements in them will drain off.