Many of might have cooked and also eaten Tomato Dal and Dosakaya/Indian Cucumber Dal. Today's recipe Dosakaya and tomato / Cucumber and Tomato is a good combination for dal/Pappu.
Ingredients:
- Tur dal 1 cup
- Medium Sized Indian Cucumber 1
- Small Sized Tomatoes 2
- Green chillies 2
- Red Chillies 1
- Red chilli powder
- Mustard seeds 1/2 teaspoon
- Urad dal 1/2 teaspoon
- Curry leaves 5
- Garlic Cloves 4
- Salt to taste
- Oil 1/4th teaspoons
- Water as needed
Preparation:
- Peel, wash and cut cucumber into 1" pieces. Make sure the seeds and the pulp are not bitter. Discard the seeds if you don't like them.
- Wash and cut the tomatoes into 8 pieces each.
- In a pressure cooker, cook the tur dal, cucumber, tomatoes and green chillies for 3-4 whistles.
- Once the pressure cooker cools down and is ready to be opened, open it and add the turmeric, salt and red chilli powder and mash the dal slightly.
- Now, in a small pan add the oil and when the oil gets heated up, add mustard seeds, urad dal, Garlic cloves and Red Chillies.
- Once the mustard seeds start to splatter, remove from heat and the curry leaves.
- Transfer this fried mixture into the dal and Cook the dal for a couple of minutes by adding water if needed.
- A healthy and tasty dal is ready to be served. This tastes good with Rice, Chapathi or roti.
Alterations:
- Replace oil used with ghee for a better taste.
Warnings:
- Be careful when adding the chilies and red chili powder as this makes the dal spicy, adjust according to taste.
Tip of the Day:
- To avoid burning eyes when cutting onions, refrigerate the onions for an hour and cut them.
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