chinta chiguru pappu

Ingredients :

Toor Dal - 1 cup

Tamrind leaves (fresh or dried ones)

Jeera - 1 tsp

turmeric powder

tamrind pulp - 1tbsp,

Salt

For Seasoning:

garlic - 3,

Onion cut into small pieces,

Karvepaaku ( karipatta),

jeera 1 tsp

mustard సీడ్స్ 1 tsp

Method:

Take toor dal, wash it and keep aside. Clean the tamrind leaves also, if you have dried one just try to remove the small sticks . Now take the dal in a cooker, add water, turmeric powder

, 1 tsp of oil ,1 tsp of jeera, and the tamrind leaves and pressure cook for 3 whistles, and switch off the stove. But when I am having time, I usually cook the dal outside in a vessel and not in a cooker, it differs... taste wise.... After the cooker is cooled down, mash the dal adding tamrind and salt using a big spoon for. Now ఫర్ బోయిల్ on the seasoning, take 2-3 tbsp of oil, add jeera, mustard seeds, karipatta, mashed garlic cloves and chopped onions about 2 tbsp, fry well add this mixture to dal