Tomato Dal Recipe / Andhra Tomato Pappu Recipe with step by step pics and a short YouTube video. If you like my video, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel. The word ‘Pappu’ means ‘Dal’ in the Telugu language, this is such a flavourful and quick recipe and of course, delicious too! This pappu with steaming rice, Avakkai pickle and a dollop of ghee is pure bliss, do try it, you will believe me. I have kept the recipe simpler with tomato alone but for more taste and tanginess, you can add 1 tsp of tamarind paste also. Let’s go to the recipe making…
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Tomato Dal Recipe
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Equipment
- Stovetop
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Toor Dal
- 1 Cup Water
- 2 Medium Tomato
- 2 Green Chilli
- 1/8 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Salt As Required
To Temper
- 1 tbsp Ghee Link for Homemade Ghee
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- ½ tsp Jeera
- 4 Flakes Garlic
- 1 Red Chilli
- 1 Sprig Curry Leaves
- 1 Generous Pinch Hing
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
Instructions
- Rinse toor dal well, slit green chilli, chop the tomato and de-seed it.
- Then measure and keep all the ingredients ready for tempering. Pressure cook toor dal, with 1 cup of water for 3 whistles, along with tomato, green chilli and turmeric powder.
- Once the pressure subsides by itself mash the dal well. Transfer the mashed dal to a pan, add required salt and boil for 2 minutes in low flame.
- In a small tadka pan, heat ghee, add mustard seeds and let it splutter. Then add cumin seeds, crushed garlic, red chilli, hing, curry leaves and just fry for 3 seconds till nice smell wafts.
- Switch off the flame, add red chilli powder, give a quick mix and pour it over the cooked dal.Serve this Tomato Dal Recipe with hot rice and Jeera Aloo.
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Notes
Tips for Andhra Tomato Pappu Recipe
1. Always use ripe, deep red coloured tomatoes for a good taste and bright colour.2. Try to de-seed the tomato and use, otherwise it gets stuck in the teeth.
3. For more tanginess, 1 tsp of tamarind paste can be pressure cooked along with dal.
4. For variation, equal measurement of toor dal and moong dal can be used.
5. I used chilli powder in tempering, but you can add while pressure cooking dal.
6. You can prepare this Tomato Dal Recipe, directly in pressure cooker too, first do the tempering, then add dal with water and proceed with 3 whistles.
7. I suggest using ghee for tempering which lends a nice aroma, but you can use oil too.
8. For a different taste, 1 small piece of ginger and 1/2 piece of chopped onion can be used in tempering.
9. This dal thickens with time, so adjust with water accordingly.
Tomato Pappu Recipe
Method for Tomato Dal Recipe
1. Rinse toor dal well, slit green chilli, chop the tomato and de-seed it.
2. Then measure and keep all the ingredients ready for tempering. Pressure cook toor dal, with 1 cup of water for 3 whistles, along with tomato, green chilli and turmeric powder.
3. Once the pressure subsides by itself mash the dal well. Transfer the mashed dal to a pan, add required salt and boil for 2 minutes in low flame.
4. In a small tadka pan, heat ghee, add mustard seeds and let it splutter. Then add cumin seeds, crushed garlic, red chilli, hing, curry leaves and just fry for 3 seconds till nice smell wafts.
5. Switch off the flame, add red chilli powder, give a quick mix and pour it over the cooked dal.
Serve this Tomato Dal Recipe with hot rice and Jeera Aloo.
Andhra Tomato Pappu Recipe
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