Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Nimmakaya Pappu / Lemon Dal

Ingredients:

Cooked toor daal / kandi pappu - 1 cup
Small onion, chopped - 1
Green chillies, chopped - 4
Enough lemon juice to suit your taste
garlic cloves, smashed or chopped - 2
Urad daal - 1/4 tsp a
Jeera - 1/4 tsp 
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
pinch of hing or asfoetida ot inguva
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp 
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp 
Curry leaves - 5-6 
Oil - 1 tbsp 
salt to taste
Coriander leaves, chopped - 1 tbsp 

Method:

1. In a pressure cooker, place a cup of toor dal, turmeric pwd,chopped onion,green chillis,garlic, 2 1/2 cups of water and pressure cook upto 3 whistles. After dal cooked add salt to mash dal, you can add more water if you want a watery consistency. Cook on slow to medium flame for 4-5 mts. Turn off heat.
2. In a small pot, heat oil, add urad daal, Add mustard seeds and jeera and let them splutter. Add curry leaves and hing
3. Add the daal to this mix and mix well. Remove from heat and add the lemon juice. Add coriander leaves to garnish. 
Serve hot with rice, roti or chapathi. Enjoy!!!


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