Lemon and Redgram Lentil (Nimmakaya Pappu)

Ingredients

Split Red Gram: 1 Cup
Lemon : 1/2
Mustard Seeds: 1/2 Teaspoon
Cumin Seeds: 1/2 Teaspoon
Fenugreek Seeds: 1/8th Teaspoon
Garlic: 4
Curry Leaves : 4-5 Leaves
Asafoetida : 1/2 Teaspoon
Redchillies : 1
Green Chillies: 1
Turmeric : 1/2 Teaspoon
Water: 2 Cups
Salt to taste.
Pinch of sugar.

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

Method

Put split red gram, green chillies and add water in a pressure cooker and close it with the cooker lid.

Keep the whistle on the lid and wait till 3 or 4 whistles and switch off the stove.

After it gets cool remove the whistle and add salt, turmeric, lemon juice and pinch of sugar to the boiled redgram.

Now take a pan add oil and let it get hot and now add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, redchillies, fenugreek seeds, garlic cloves, curry leaves and once they start to splutter turn off the stove and add in asafoetida.

Season the tempering on the cooked redgram dal and serve hot with rice/roti/chapati.

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.

Adding asafoetida after turning off the heat gives you nice aroma of it to the food.

Red Sorrel Leaves Dal (Gongoora Pappu)

Ingredients

Red Sorrel Leaves :  1Bunch
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
Garlic: 4-5 Cloves
Hing: 1/4 Teaspoon
Salt to Taste

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

Method
Wash the Red Sorrel Leaves thoroughly, now take a vessel and put split redgram and add water to it and also add the cut Red Sorrel Leaves 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, Garlic Cloves, asafoetida and when they stop spluttering 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.

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.

Spinach Dal(Palakoora Pappu) (Palakoora Pappu)

Ingredients
Spinach: 2 Bunches
Split Red Gram: 1 Cup
Water: 2 Cups
GreenChillies: 2 or 3
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 spoons
Salt to Taste

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

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

Put the whistle and wait for 4 to 5 whistles and swith 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.

* If you dont 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.

Plain Toor Dal (Muddha Pappu)

Ingredients
Split Red Gram: 1 Cup
Water: 2 Cups
Salt to taste.

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

Method
1. Put Dal and Water in a pressure cooker and close it with a lid.

2. Keep the whistle on the lid and wait till 3 or 4 whistles and switch off the stove.

3. After it gets cool remove the whistle and add salt to the boiled dal and serve hot with rice,ghee and any pickle.

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.