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Pappu Charu Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Toor Dal
• Brinjal cut into Cubes
• 1 Tomato chopped
• Bendakaya cut into 2 inch pieces
• 2 Onions sliced
• 6 Green Chillies cut lengthwise
• 1 big lemon size Tamarind
• Oil
• 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
• Salt to taste

• For Tempering
• Mustard seeds
• Cumin seeds
• 4 Red chillies
• few Curry leaves
• 3 Garlic pods crushed
• few chopped Coriander leaves

Method:

• Soak tamarind in 2 cups of water for about an hour and extract the pulp • Pressure cook Toor dal with 2 cups of water till 3-4 whistles. Mash it and keep aside.
• In a pan cook the brinjal, onions, bendakaya, tomato, green chillies, curry leaves on medium heat with 1 cup of water, • Add mashed dal, tamarind pulp, salt, turmeric powder and allow to boil in low flame.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. When they splutter add crushed garlic, cumin seeds, red chillies, curry leaves.
• Add this seasoning to pappu charu.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it hot.