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.

Thotakura pappu

Ingredients:
1 Cup tur dal /Kandi pappu
2 Cups thotakura(Washed) & chopped
1 Onion chopped
2 tomatos

2-3 Green chillies(Slit length wise)

lemon size tamarind (soak in water for atleast 5 min) 

¼ Tsp turmeric powder

Salt to taste

Popu:

1 tsp of aavalu(mustard seeds)

½ tsp cumin seeds(Jeera)

1 Red chilli

1 tsp senaga pappu (Channa dal)

½ tsp mina pappu (Urad dal)

¼ tsp of asafoetida /hing

10-12 fresh curry leaves

2 tsp oil

Method:

1. Wash  thotakura leaves thoroughly 2 times and chop finely, now wash tur dal(kandi pappu) and add chopped thotakura leaves in a vessal and cook in a pressur cooker till soft.
2. cut onions ,green chillies, tomatos in to small pieces.extract juice of tamarind from water.
3. Heat oil in a pan and add all poppu ingredients,and let it be tempering for few sec.
4. Add chopped green chillies,onions,tomatos ,turmeric powder,salt & tamarind juice and cup of water to cook.
5. place a lid untill it cook soft.
6. Now add dal & thotakura to pan and cook for 5 min.
7. serve the thotakura pappu with hot rice & rotis.

Chukkakura pappu

Ingredients:
1 Cup tur dal /Kandi pappu
2 Cups finely chopped chukka kura (Washed)
1 Onion chopped
¼ Tsp turmeric powder

2-3 Green chillies(Slit length wise)

Salt to taste

Popu:

1 tsp of aavalu(mustard seeds)

½ tsp cumin seeds(Jeera)

1 Red chilli

1 tsp senaga pappu (Channa dal)

½ tsp mina pappu (Urad dal)

¼ tsp of asafoetida /hing

10-12 fresh curry leaves

2 tsp oil

Method:

1. Take chukka kura leaves and dal in to a vessel add 2 cups of water and  

    cook in a pressure cooked up to 3 whistles. (make sure dal is cooked soft)

2. Take a pan and heat 2 tsp oil, add all popu ingredients, once you see 

    popping add green chillies, turmeric powder and onions.

3. Fry for a few sec till the onions become soft and little golden brown.
4. Add this and salt to the dal and combine, cook on slow to medium flame for  

    a few mins till you get the consistency of your choice.

                   

                     Server with Rice/roti