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35 min — 15 min prep, 20 min cooking.

Munagaku Pappu

Name: Munagaku Pappu
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Telangana Indian
Ingredients: 80g Drumstick Leaves; 7g salt; 60g onion; 5g Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch); 2g Turmeric Powder; 5g green chillies; 700g Water; 200g Toor Dal; 15g Tamarind; 2g Cumin Seeds; 3g Mustard Seeds (Black); 10g Garlic; 3g dry red chillies; 4g Curry Leaves; 20g oil

Drumstick leaves cooked with toor dal and tamarind. Telangana iron-rich green dal for everyday nutrition.

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Time 35 min · Serves 5 · 212 kcal · Telangana

Ingredients

Main

Drumstick Leaves — 80 g
salt — 7 g
onion — 60 g
Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 5 g
Turmeric Powder — 2 g
green chillies — 5 g
Water — 700 g
Toor Dal — 200 g
Tamarind — 15 g

Tempering

Cumin Seeds — 2 g
Mustard Seeds (Black) — 3 g
Garlic — 10 g
dry red chillies — 3 g
Curry Leaves — 4 g
oil — 20 g

Method

Wash toor dal and soak for 20 minutes.
Pick drumstick leaves from stems and wash well.
Pressure cook dal, onion, green chillies, turmeric and water for 3 whistles.
Open the cooker. Add drumstick leaves and cook till soft.
Add tamarind juice, salt and chilli powder. Simmer and mash lightly.
Heat oil. Add mustard, cumin, crushed garlic, red chillies and curry leaves.
Pour tempering over dal. Serve hot with rice.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Munagaku Pappu?: 212 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 35 min — 15 min prep, 20 min cooking.

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