Easy Tomato Pappu Recipe | Tomato Dal - Andhra Style | Pappu Tomato Curry
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: dal
- Cuisine: andhra
Ingredients
for pressure cooking:
- 1 cup toor dal (rinsed)
- 1 tsp ghee
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 cup water
for dal:
- 2 tbsp oil
- ½ onion (chopped)
- 3 tomato (chopped)
- 4 chilli
- ½ cup tamarind extract
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp coriander (chopped)
for tempering:
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp cumin
- 10 cloves garlic (crushed)
- 2 dried red chilli
- few curry leaves
- pinch hing
Method
- Firstly, in a pressure cooker take 1 cup toor dal. You can even soak the dal for 15 minutes to hasten the cooking time.
- Add 1 tsp ghee, ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp salt and 3 cup water.
- Cover and pressure cook for 5 whistles or until the dal is cooked well.
- Once the pressure settles down, mash the dal slightly and keep aside.
- In a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil and saute ½ onion until the onion softens.
- Add 3 tomato and saute for 2 minutes or until the tomato softens.
- Further add 4 chilli, ½ cup tamarind extract, ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder and 1 tsp salt.
- Cover and cook for 5 minutes or until the tomatoes are soft and mushy.
- Add in cooked toor dal and mix well.
- Adjust the consistency, and boil for 5 minutes or until the flavour is absorbed well.
- Now to prepare the tempering, heat 2 tbsp ghee. Add 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp cumin, 10 cloves garlic, 2 dried red chilli, few curry leaves and a pinch hing.
- Splutter the tempering and fry until the garlic turns golden.
- Pour the tempering over the tomato pappu and add 2 tbsp coriander. Mix well.
- Finally, enjoy Tomato Dal or Tomato Pappu with hot steamed rice.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.