Pappu Pulusu / Simple Sambar

                             

Ingredients :

• 1/2 cup Toor Dal
• 1/2 lime size Tamarind
• 1 Tomato chopped
• 1 Onion chopped
• 2 Green Chillies
• 3 Red Chillies
• 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
• Salt to taste

For Popu :

• 1/2 sp Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 sp Cumin Seeds
• 1/4 sp Methi Seeds
• 1 Red Chilli crocked
• 1 pinch Hinghu
• Curry Leaves
• Coriander Leaves
• 2 sp Oil

Preparation :

• Wash toor dal and add onion, red & green chillies.
• Take tamarind, tomato in a separate bowl.
• Pressure cook dal and tamarind in separate bowls.
• Let it cool for some time & remove the lid.
• Mash dal along with chillies & onion.
• Mash tamarind and tomato into paste & add it to cooked dal.
• Heat oil in a pan add popu & fry for 2mins.
• When it splutter add curry leaves and dal mixture.
• Add 2cups of water salt, turmeric powder and stir well.
• Cook till it comes to boil & transfer into a serving bowl.
• Pappu pulusu is ready & garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with white rice or idly or chapathi. 

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Jeera Peas Pulav

                                     

Ingredients :

• 1 cup Rice
• 1/2 sp Ginger Garlic Paste
• 1 sp Cumin Seeds
• 1 Onion chopped
• 1/2 cup Peas
• 2 cups Water
• Coriander Leaves
• 2 sp Ghee
• Salt

Method :

• Take rice wash and soak in water for about 10 to 15mins.
• Later strain it and keep aside.
• Heat ghee in a pan add jeera and fry for 1min.
• Next add ginger garlic paste, chopped onion and stir.
• Once done add peas and fry for 1min.
• Now add rice & stir couple of mins then add water, salt & mix well.
• Transfer into a pressure cooker bowl or rice cooker bowl & cook.
• When done remove the lid, mix well & transfer into a serving bowl.
• Garnish with coriander leaves, jeera peas pulav is ready to serve.
• Serve hot with curd chutney or vegetable gravy.        

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Karivepaku Podi / Curry Leaves Powder 2nd Method

                                       

Ingredients :

• 1 cup Curry Leaves
• 1 tbsp Urad Dal
• 1 sp Cumin Seeds
• 2" Tamarind Flake
• 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
• 4 Red Chillies
• Salt to taste
• 2 sp Oil

Method :

• Heat oil in a pan add urad dal & fry for 2mins.
• Next add cumin seeds, red chillies and fry.
• Lastly add curry leaves and fry for couple of mins.
• Turn off the flame and let it cool for some time.
• Grind all the ingredients into a coarse powder.
• Karivepaku podi is ready to serve.
• Serve with rice, idly, dosa, pongal etc.
• Store in an airtight container.

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