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30 min — 10 min prep, 20 min cooking.

Tomato Pappu

Name: Tomato Pappu
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Andhra Pradesh Indian
Ingredients: 150g Toor Dal; 8g salt; 600g Water; 5g Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch); 2g Turmeric Powder; 60g onion; 300g Tomato; 8g green chillies; 3g Mustard Seeds (Black); 5g Curry Leaves; 10g Garlic; 20g oil; 1g Asafoetida; 2g Cumin Seeds; 3g dry red chillies

Tangy Andhra dal of toor dal and lots of tomatoes with a red chilli tadka. Best with hot rice.

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Time 30 min · Serves 4 · 214 kcal · Andhra Pradesh

Ingredients

Main

Toor Dal — 150 g
salt — 8 g
Water — 600 g
Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 5 g
Turmeric Powder — 2 g
onion — 60 g
Tomato — 300 g
green chillies — 8 g

Tempering

Mustard Seeds (Black) — 3 g
Curry Leaves — 5 g
Garlic — 10 g
oil — 20 g
Asafoetida — 1 g
Cumin Seeds — 2 g
dry red chillies — 3 g

Method

Add dal, tomatoes, onion, green chillies, turmeric and water to the cooker.
Pressure cook for 4 whistles.
Mash well. Add chilli powder and salt. Simmer for 3 minutes.
Heat oil. Add mustard, jeera, crushed garlic and red chillies.
Add curry leaves and hing. Pour the tadka over the dal.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Tomato Pappu?: 214 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 30 min — 10 min prep, 20 min cooking.

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