Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Tomato Dal (Tomato Pappu)


Ingredients
Tomatoes:  2
Split Red Gram: 1 Cup
Water: 2 Cups
GreenChillies: 2
Oil: 1 Teaspoon
Mustard Seeds: 1/2 Teaspoon
Fenugreek Seeds: 1/4 Teaspoon
RedChillies: 2
Turmeric: 1/2 Teaspoon
Redchillie Powder: 1/2 Teaspoon
Curry Leaves: 1 Stem of Leaves
Hing: 1/4 Teaspoon
Lemon Juice / Tamarind Juice : 3-4 teaspoons (If required)
Salt to Taste

(Check Fudtionary for meanings if you have doubt with the words in orange colour.)

Method
Wash the tomatoes thoroughly, now take a vessel and put split redgram and add water to it and also add the cut tomatoes to the split redgram and place in a pressure cooker.*

Put the whistle and wait for 4 to 5 whistles and switch it off, let it cool and remove the whistle.

Now put a pan and add some oil and put mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, redchillies, hing and when they stop sputtering add the dal to it and add turmeric, salt and redchillie powder.

Serve with rice/chapati/pulka./naan

If you don't have pressure cooker you can cook directly on stove.




Note: Whatever you cook in the pressure cooker you should add some little water in the cooker first and then place any bowl/vessel.If you are cooking directly in the pressure cooker itself,then no need to add extra water to the cooker.

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