Pappu Charu (pressure cooker method)

Name: Pappu Charu (pressure cooker method)
Total time: 1200 s
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup toor dal; 3 nos tomatoes; 2 nos green chillies; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1/2 tsp cumin powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric; lemon tamarind sized; to taste salt; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 onion small; 5 - 6 nos garlic pods; 2 nos chillies dried red; handfull curry leaves; 2 tbsps oil

Divya Swapna B R @cook_7838056

Pappu charu is an old and traditional andhra recipe. It is also called as mild-sambar made without using sambar powder. I have tried few variations of this mild-sambar, and finally found this recipe to be quick, easy and simple as well as tasty.

Divya Swapna B R @cook_7838056

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Ingredients

20 mins

1 cuptoor dal
3 nostomatoes
2 nosgreen chillies
1 tspred chilli powder
1 tspcoriander powder
1/2 tspcumin powder
1/4 tspturmeric
lemon tamarind sized
to tastesalt
1 tspmustard seeds
1 tspcumin seeds
1onion small
5 - 6 nosgarlic pods
2 noschillies dried red
handfullcurry leaves
2 tbspsoil

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Steps

20 mins

1

Wash and add toor dal to the pressure cooker.
2

Add chopped tomatoes and green chillies.
3

Later add turmeric, redchilli powder, coriander powder, and cumin powder.
4

Add 2 - 2.5 cups of water and close the lid. Pressure cook for 5 - 6 whistles.
5

Soak Tamarind in a cup of water.
6

Open the cooker after the pressure releases. Add salt.
7

Mash it well and add tamarind juice.
8

Adjust salt and water, bring it to boil.
9

Meanwhile prepare the tempering. Heat oil in pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
10

When they start to splutter add finely sliced onions. Saute it for a min and add crushed garlic pods.
11

Add dried red chillies and curry leaves. Saute it and switch off the flame.
12

Add the tadka to the boiling dal and bring it to one final boil.
13

Serve hot with rice.