GONGURA PAPPU / DAL

GONGURA PAPPU
INGREDIENTS

Gongura - 2 bunches
Chana dal - 4 cups
Salt - 2 tsp
Reachillipowder - 2 tsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tbsp
Redchillies- 3 - 4nos
Garlic pods - 3 nos
Water - 4 - 5 cups
Turmeric - a pinch of it
Curry leaves - 5 nos

PREPARATION

Remove the leaves from gongura bunches and wash them well and leave in a strainer to strain water away . Wash chana dal and then add gongura to it and pressure cook for 3 whistles. Dalshould be half cooked . Heat oil in pan and put
tadka or popu .. then add sliced garlic pods .Add salt , turmeric ,redchilli powder and curry leaves to the cooked dal . Transfer the dal into the tadka and cook for about 5 min mixing well.






Serve with hot rice ... tastes really good...

BOTTLE GOURD DAL / SORAKAYA PAPPU

SORAKAYA PAPPU

INGREDIENTS

Tuvar dal - 3 cups
Sorakaya pieces - 11/2 cups
Salt - 11/2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Green Chillies - 2 - 3 nos
Curry leaves - 10 nos
Oil - for tadka - 1 tbsp
Water - 4cups
Asfoetida - 1/4 tsp

PREPARATION

Pressure cook dal along with the sorakaya pieces with 4 cups of water. Then heat pan and put tadka and add curry leaves , asfoetida to it along with green chillies and redchillies. Transfer cooked dal and mix well . Add turmeric , salt , red chillipowder, mix well.





Serve hot with rice or chapathi ..

TOMATO DAL

TOMATO DAL

A very tasty and my favourite dal . Not too spicy but brings taste to the food what ever taken along with .. be it rice or chapathi ....

INGREDIENTS

Tomatoes - 4 nos

Toor dal - 2 cups

Onion - 1 no

Turmeric - a pinch

Redchillies - 2 nos

Greenchillies - 2 nos

Garlic pod - 2 nos

Curry leaves - 10 nos

Coriander - 1/4 bunch

Tamarind puree - 1tsp

Salt - 2 tsp

Water - 3 cups

Mustard seeds- 1tsp

Urad dal - 1tsp

Chana dal - 1tsp

Oil - 1/2 tbsp

PREPARATION

Cook toor dal and cut tomatoes along with green chillies in a cooker.Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds once they pop up add urad dal , chana dal and fry till red and then add redchillies and garlic pods once they are fried red , add onions and fry till golden red.

Add dal cooked to it and add salt , turmeric, red chilly powder , curry leaves , coriander leaves , tamarind puree and mix well . Serve hot with rice or chapathi ...

DOSAKAI PAPPU / CUCUMBER DAL

DOSAKAI PAPPU







INGREDIENTS


Toor dal - 2 cups
Cucumber - 1 no
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Chana dal - 1 tsp
Redchillies - 2 nos
Greenchillies - 2 nos
Salt - 2 tsp
Tamarind puree - 1 /2 tbsp
Redchilli powder - 1tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch of it
Water - 3-4 cups
Asfoetida - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 1/2 tbsp


PREPARATION


Peel off cucumber and cut it into pieces as per desire. Wash the dal and add cucumber pieces and add 3 - 4 cups of water along with greenchillies and cook in a cooker .



Heat oil in a pan and put popu or tadka . ie .. Add mustard seeds to hot oil and once they pop up add urad dal and chana dal and fry to golden red and then add red chillies and asfoetida fry till they are well fried .

Then add the cooked dal to it and add salt , turmeric , red chilly powder , tamarind puree .

Mix well in order that the tadka fully mixes with the dal and serve hot with rice or chapathi.