Thursday, May 8, 2008

Tomato Dal/Pappu




Tomato Pappu..my all time favourite.If its served with white rice and ghee combination...wow really a mouthwatering dish.I donno how much i'll eat.....when it comes to tomato pappu.

Ingredients:
Tomatos
Toor Dal
Tamarind Pulp
3-4 Green Chillies
1/2 tbspTurmeric
Salt
Karivepaaku/Curry Leaves

For Seasoning:

Mustard Seeds
Pinch of Hing
3 Red Chillies
Oil

For Garnishing:

Cilantro/Kottimeera

Directions:

Cut Tomatos into small chunks,keep it aside.Cut green chillies and take tamarind in a bowl,pour water and make it as a paste.Microwave Toordal and tomatoes,then transfer cooked ingredients to a cooking bowl,add turmeric,green chillies,salt,tamarind pulp and curry leaves.Add curry leaves and even cilantro now itself..so that ull feel the real aroma...Cook that for 5-7 minutes.

Now comes the tadka part...thru which u can get the real taste.Heat oil in another pan..once oil gets heat..add hing,mustard seeds and at last add red chillies.
Transfer tadka to tomato pappu and atlast garnish with Cilnatro.

Enjoy with white rice and ghee.

4 comments:

Jamie said...

Sashree, you have changed your website! It looks great. Speaking of great, that dal is mouthwatering. I am going to bookmark that recipe. Thank you!

Uma said...

Thanks for visiting my blog. You have a lovely blog. tomato pappu is my most fav. dal item. Looks so delicious.

Reg. your query: Yes, you can prepare jam the same way with mixed fruits too.

Cham said...

I love Andra style tomato pappu... Looks tasty Shree!

Medhaa said...

Hi Sashree,

This is a new dish to me, will try it sometime.

I have tagged you for Top 10 Pictures Meme. You can participate if you are interested.

Did you contact Taste of India regarding your feeds