Green Tomato Pappu

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Green tomato pappu presents an exciting combination of lentils like tuar dal with tomatoes and green chillies. A lentil recipe, the tomato pappu is spiced up with garlic, chilli paste and then enjoyed tempered with grated coconut, chopped coriander leaves and mustard seeds.

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Green Tomato Pappu recipe - How to make Green Tomato Pappu

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Preparation Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 40 mins 6

Ingredients

1 cup toovar (arhar) dal
2 medium green tomatoes
4 green chillies
1 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1 tsp salt
Seasoning
1 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds ( rai / sarson)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
pinch asafoetida (hing)
5 curry leaves (kadi patta)
2 red chillies
2 cloves garlic (lehsun)

Method

Chop the tomatoes into quarters.
Wash and pressure cook toor dhal with chopped tomatoes, green chillies, turmeric powder and 3 cups of water.
Mash the dal, green chillies & tomatoes, add salt.
For seasoning, heat oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, broken red chilli, garlic flakes, asfoetida and add it to the dal.
Cook on a slow flame for few minutes.
If the tomatoes are not sour, you can add little tamarind.