Menthi kura pappu

Ingredients:

1 cup tur dal (Kandi Pappu)

4 fresh bunches of menthi kura,wash & chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
1 medium size onion chopped finely
Lemon size tamarind (soak in cup of water and extract juice)
2-3 green chilies, slit
10-12 fresh curry leaves
salt for taste
1/4 tbs chilliepowder
1/4 turmeric

Popu:

½ tsp mustard seeds

½ tsp jeera

1 tsp Channa dal

½tsp Urad dal

1 red chilli , broken into pieces

few curry leaves

¼ tsp of asafoetida (inguva)

1 tsp oil

Method:

1. Make the tur dal(kandipappu) wash, tomato & greenchillies and cook ina pressure cooker till kandi pappu get sot.
2. take a pan add oil and all popu ingredients, after it started spluttering add onions fry for 1 min.
3. now add turmeric, redchilliepower, tamarindjuice, salt, lastly menthi leaves, and add 2 cups of water
4. cook it in low flame and cover it with a lid for 20 min
5. lastly add tur dal to the pan and cook for 5 min.
6. serve it with roti / rice with ghee and with papad.