Endimirapakaya Pappu with Rice is our comfort food. I thought this deserves a post on its own and not to be clubbed in my Lunch box series, though LBSs features simple dals.
Endimirapakaya is Dried Red chillies and this features as main ingredient in this Dal. Colloquially this is also called Pulagora which means a mess but this is a lovely mess I vouch. This dal goes well with anything and everything. Of course don't try to drink it as such as its spicy.
When as travel worn, we get back home, this is the dal Amma makes to rejuvenate everybody to perk up and gear up to their routine schedule again. And believe me it gets done in a jiffy. This is quite common in Rayallaseema, Andhra and maybe now its been adapted to other areas. Wherever it has originated its a delicious dal to cherish.
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 15 mins
Cuisine : Andhra
Ingredients Needed
Tur Dal - 1 cup
Dried Red chillies - 12
Onion - 1 small
Tomato - 2 medium
Garlic - 4 pods
Tamarind - 1 "
Turmeric a pinch
Salt to taste
Oil - 1 tbsp
Water for cooking
For seasoning
Mustard + urud dal - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves few
Method to prepare:
Clean the dal and keep aside. Chop onions and tomatoes. Crush the garlic with the skin
Heat oil in cooker. Add seasoning, curry leaves. Once it splutters, sauté onions, red chillies and garlic. Once onion is brown, add dal and fry for few mins.
Then add tomatoes, tamarind, turmeric, and water for cooking. Cover it with lid and pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles till the dal is cooked well.
When the pressure is off, take the dal masher or pappu guthi, mash the dal well with the red chillies. Add salt. and cook on high flame for 2 mins.
Dal is ready to serve.
Endimirapakaya Pappu ~ Red Chilli Dal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Toor Dal
- 12 Dried Red Chillies
- 1 small Onions
- 2 medium Tomatoes
- 4 pods Garlic
- 1" Tamarind
- A Pinch Turmeric Powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Cooking Oil
- Water for cooking
For Seasoning
- 1/2 tsp Mustard + Urud Dal
- Curry Leaves few
Instructions
How to make Endimirapakaya Pappu ~ Red Chilli Dal
- Clean the dal and keep aside. Chop onions and tomatoes. Crush the garlic with the skin.
- Heat cooking oil in cooker. Add seasoning, curry leaves. Once it splutters, sauté onions, red chillies and garlic. Once onion is brown, add dal and fry for few mins.
- Then, add tomatoes, tamarind, turmeric powder, and water for cooking. Cover it with lid and pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles till the dal is cooked well.
- When the pressure is off, take the dal masher or pappu guthi, mash the dal well with the red chillies. Add salt, and cook on high flame for 2 mins.
- Dal is ready to serve.
Lakshmi says
Hi Srivalli, Wowwwww so many andhra recipes. Fantastic dhal dear. I make it too so can say it tastes wonderful with rice/roti.
SeeC says
Nice presentation.
My MIL prepares this. I love this a lot.
Thanks for the post
Poonam says
Looks delicious!! I loved your paneer parathas the most...cannot stop peeking there again and again!
Padma says
Hey this is always made in my kitchen too when I am out of stock for tomatoes, leafy greens or so....I learnt this from my SIL...I think this is very famous dal in southern andhra, where do u belong?
Nice post and pics thanks for sharing
sra says
Never heard of this pappu, Srivalli, I guess we would call it tomato pappu extra hot 🙂
Asha says
Gorgeous color Sri!:))
Looks like a great comfort food with rice.Thanks girl.
Sharmi says
chodadanike chala baga undhi. I can feel the kammati smell of the pappu from ur pics. lovely post.
anusharaji says
dal looks abs. delicious srivalli
though i just had my lunch, feeling hungry cuz of it.
Coffee says
This sounds good to try! 🙂 nice variation of dal! 🙂
Linda says
This one looks like something I could manage. I shall give it a try this week. As you can imagine, the local supermarket is appalling here but fortunately a small specialty store has opened near me that sells out of the ordinary herbs, spices and pulses . Your instructions are very user friendly. Thanks
Srivalli says
Thanks for the nice comments SeeC
Poonam I am so glad that you liked this and my parathas...Very nice of you to take time to comment
Glad to know that Padma..we are from chittor district and my hubby from Anatapuram district
Could sra..it is very common in southern andhra
Thanks Asha
Thanks for dropping by Lakshmi
So glad Sharmi..responding in telugu feels very nice
hah...very glad raji
Thanks Coffee
Srivalli says
Please do try and let me know how it comes out Linda
Nandita says
Srivalli,
Thanks for the traditional recipe from Rayallaseema, i can imagine how fiery it can get with 12 chillies.
Catch you at the round up!
Linda says
This afternoon I made this dish and am as pleased as can be. Not only does it taste great - it looks appetising (sometimes I find the two things hard to co-ordinate). I really was surprised how well it turned out!!! Thanks, Linda
Srivalli says
Am so glad it turned out great Linda...
Suma says
Never heard of such a dal before so gave it a try.....it turned out lip-smacking!! Thanks for sharing.
sri says
I was so bored of dals - tomato, palak and raw-mango are the ones I used sofar. I never used garlic or never fried toor dal.
Friday night; so thought of trying something different. Boy o Boy!! My taste buds came to life again. This is what I call pure-authentic-prestine andhra dal!! The aroma is just great. I think it accentuated because of fried toor dal!!?!
Waiting for my wife to be back from india so that I could show-off my new culinary skill. 😉
Thank you so much Srivalli garu.
Srivalli says
Suma, Thanks for the feedback. Glad you liked it
sri, good that you tried it. This is a regular at our home and is the most wanted one. Glad you tried and liked. Am sure you wife will be very pleased. Yeah the frying adds to the taste along with crushed whole garlic!
bunny says
Hey! That was an amazing recipe. I'm a 15 year old and since my parents went out, I wanted to make something for them by the time they came back! They were always favourites of pappu so I made it and it was an instant success. I'm glad u took ur time to make something like this and post in on ur website so that we could take help of it! Once again thank u very much. 🙂
Srivalli says
Bunny, So glad this came out well for you..thanks for taking time to write about it..you are welcome