Tomato Pappu recipe | Tomato Dal | How to make tomato pappu

Tomato pappu/dal is inspired by andhra cuisine and is the most common dal usually served in South India as well. This is usually served with white rice. It tastes good with roti/pulka as well. This dal is slightly tangy in taste as it has tomatoes in it.

Ingredients:

1. 1/4 cup Toor dal
2. 3 Tomatoes
3. 2 Onions
4. 7 green chilies
5. 1 tsp red chili powder
6. Salt
7. Curry leaves
8. 1 pinch of Hing
9. Water
10. Coriander leaves
11. Few Spinach leaves
12. 1/4 tsp turmeric
13. 2 tbsp Oil
14. 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

Preparation:

• Wash toor dal twice or thrice with water.
• Wash tomatoes, onions and chop them into large pieces.
• Wash spinach and chilies. 
• Chop spinach leaves and split green chilies into two pieces.

How to make tomato dal:

• In a pressure cooker, add toor dal, chopped tomatoes,onions,green chilies, spinach leaves.
• Add water till all the ingredients are soaked and cook till 2 whistles.
• In a kadhai or pan heat oil.
• Add mustard seeds and let them pop.
• Now, add curry leaves, hing, turmeric powder.
• Add the cooked dal into the pan.
• Add salt, red chili powder and water if required to adjust the consistency.
• Finally add coriander leaves.

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 30 mins

Servings: 2