Pappu Charu

Ingredients:

• Thur Dal - 1 cup
• Tomatoes - medium - 6 - Finely chopped
• Oil - 3 Tea spoons
• Mustard seeds - 1/4 Tea spoon
• Urud dal - 1/4 Tea spoon
• Jeera Seeds - 1/4 Tea spoon
• Dry chillies - 4 to 5
• Curry leaves - 2 Stems
• Garlic - 5 pieces - Pounded
• Inguva - 2 to 3 pinches
• Methi powder - 2 pinches
• Pepper powder - 1/2 Tea spoon
• Jeera Powder - 1/4 Tea spoon
• Tamarind - small lemon size
• Coriander - Finely chopped
• Salt - As desired

Procedure:

• Soak the tamarind and keep it aside.
• Soak thur dal for 20 minutes. Later on drain the water and pressure cook thur dal for 4 whistles by adding fresh water.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urud dal, jeera seeds and wait till mustard pops down.
• Later on add dry chillies, curry leaves, pounded garlic, methi powder, inguva, pepper powder, jeera powder and fry for 1 minute.
• Once done, add finely chopped tomatoes and allow the whole mixture to cook on occasional stirring till the tomato pieces turn soft.
• Later on, squeeze the juice from soaked tamarind and add it to the content in the pan.
• Finally add the boiled thur dal along with the water in which dal has been boiled.
• Now add salt and chopped coriander and allow the entire recipe to cook for 5 to 7 minutes.
• Switch off the stove and serve hot with steamed rice.