Tomato Pappu

Ingredients --

yellow lentil (kandi pappu)-- 1/2 cup

tomatoes --4

onion -1(chop)

green chillies - 3 (chop)

salt to taste

turmeric powder 1/4 tea spoon

seasoning - 2 tea spoons black gram Dal ,2 red chillies ,1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds ,1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds,4 garlic pods(mashed),asefotida --pinch,1 tea spoon ghee , 1 tea spoon oil, curry leaves (optional)

METHOD -Wash dal and keep in pressure cooker , add 2 cups of water and keep the lid , cook on low flame till 3 whistles and turn off fire and let it cool.in a pan heat ghee and oil add seasoning

and add onion and Green chillies, fry on low flame for 2 minutes add chopped tomatoes,and cook on low flame till soft now add cooked dal ,turmeric powder and salt and stir well cook on low flame for 5 minutes.

Podipappu

Ingredients

tur Dal (kandhipappu) -- 1 cup

onion -- 1 cut into large pieces

2 green chillies --cut into small pieces

pinch of turmeric powder

salt to taste

for seasoning - 1 tablespoon oil , 1tablespoon black gram Dal ,1 teaspoon cumin seeds ,1red chilly ,5-6 garlic pods mashed ,curry leaves

METHOD

wash Dal and add onion and green chilly pieces ,turmeric powder , 1 cup of water and cook on low flame ,when half done add salt and cook with the lid on.let it cook till dry ,if you want you sprinkle little water ,add seasoning.

Pesarapappu Cabbage

Ingredients :

cabbage cut into pieces -- 2 cups

green gram Dal (pesarapappu)-- 1/2 cup

onion -- 1(cut into pieces

green chilly -- 2 (cut into pieces)

salt to taste

pinch of turmeric powder

For Seasoning -- 2 tablespoons oil,1 red chilly , 1 teaspoon black gram Dal,1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds ,4 pods of garlic (mashed) , curry leaves

Method : wash Dal and cabbage, mix both in a cooking pan and add onion ,green chillies ,turmeric powder,1 cup of water ,keep on stove and cook on slow flame ,the Dal should not be too soft ,you can sprinkle some water if you need , when water evaporates add salt and mix well ,add seasoning

Mudha Pappu

1 cup toordal (kandhi pappu)

wash and add 2 cups of water and

a pinch of turmeric powder

pressure cook on low flame till 5 whistles

turn off fire and let the pressure cooker cool

add 1/2 spoon salt

mix well .

this will go well with rice and ghee

you can eat with mixing some pickle also.