Tomato Pappu (Tomato Dal)

What you need:

Kandi pappu or toor dal-2 cups
Tomatoes (medium sized)-4
Green chillies-4
Fresh coriander leaves-a few
Tamarind-small berry sized
Turmeric powder-a pinch
Red chilli powder-1 teaspoon
Salt-1 tablespoon

For seasoning:


Oil-1 tablespoon, ghee-1 tablespoon, red dry chillies pieces-4, curry leaves-a few, mustard seeds-1 teaspoon, cumin seeds-1 teaspoon and urad dal-1 teaspoon.

How to make:

Wash and cut the tomatoes and green chillies into small slices. Boil the toor dal along with the tomatoes and green chillies in pressure coocker. Open the lid and add tamarind, turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt, coriander leaves and boil it for 2-3 minutes on a medium flame. Heat the oil and ghee in a pan and add the dry chillies, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal and curry leaves one by one by and fry them a little while. Now add the cooked dal to this and cook it for two minutes on a low flame. Turn off the stove and serve it with plain rice or with chapathis…