Bottle gourd dal

Andhra people loves dal. We eat dal almost everyday or toggle between dal /sambar and rasam.

Andhra dals are different from north indian dals that we use mostly toor dal and make multiple variations with different vegetables and green leaves.

My mom used to prepare yummy dals daily and we got so used to it , it has become our comfort food.

Tomato pappu ( dal with tomato)

Veyinchina pappu (fried dal)

Ingredients:

toor dal- 1 cup

onion -1

tomato -1

garlic - 4-5 pods

red chillies - 5-7

tamarind- gooseberry size.

oil - 2tbspn

salt

seasoning:

mustard seeds - 1/2 tspn

cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn

channa dal - 1/2 tspn

Procedure:

Take a wok add 1 tbspn of oil

Add all the ingredients except salt and fry for 5 minutes.

Once is fried and the dal is roasted add them in a pressure cooker add some water and cook the dal for 3-4 whistles.

Once its cooked add the seasoning to it.

You can use the same wok which we fried..

add oil and once heated add the seasoning ingredients.

Once the splutter add the cooked dal ,salt and let it cook for 2 minutes.