తోమాతో పప్పు (Tomato Daal)

Ingredients:

Kandipappu/Toor Daal- 1 and half cooker cup
Tomatoes- 4
Oil-2-3 table spoon
Onions- half
Red Chillies-2
Green Chillies-1
Salt-to taste
Turmeric-pinch
Cumin Seeds- 3/4 table spoon
Mustard Seeds-1/2 table spoon
Garlic paste- 1 table spoon
Hing/Asafoetida- pinch
Coriander Leaves

Recipe

1)Cook the Daal in a pressure cooker using thrice the amount of water. Wait for 3-4 whistles for the Daal to get cooked.

2) In the mean time, take a deep pot and heat oil. When oil gets slightly heated up, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Also add red chillies and curry leaves and fry for a min.



3)Then add Green Chillies, Garlic paste and hing. After a min, add onions along with some salt and turmeric powder. Let the onions cook till they turn slightly golden in color.

4) At this stage add the diced/chopped tomatoes along with some water and let it cook for 10-15min until the tomatoes get soft(almost like a paste)

5) Add the Daal which is cooked from the pressure cooker to the pot and mix it well.
Finally add salt as per taste.


Tomato Pappu goes well with Rice and pickle and it is one of my safest bets when i used to travel in India as i believed as long as you know how much salt and chilli to add, you cannot go wrong. :)