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    Home » Recipes » Legumes

    Published: Jun 23, 2008 · Modified: Dec 26, 2019 by usha

    Pappu Charu

    This is a common dish in the state of Andhra Pradesh. This is a lentil stew made of toor dal, tamarind and variety of vegetables such as okra, brinjal or egg plant, beans, carrots, radish, bottle gourd or aanyapakaya or kadhu, drum sticks, pearl onions and beans. In this recipe I use bottle gourd, carrots raddish and tomatoes.

    pappu charu, sambar

    Total Time: 35 minutes
    Preparation Time: 15 minutes
    Cooking Time: 20 minutes
    Serves: 3-4

    Ingredients:

    • ¼ cup Toor Dal/Kandhi Pappu
    • 1 ½ tablespoon Oil
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
    • 5 Curry Leaves
    • ½ teaspoon Methi Powder (opt)
    • 1 small Onion sliced or diced
    • 6 Green Chillies (adjust to your taste, you can substitute chillies with chili powder or use few chilies + chili powder)
    • 1 ½ teaspoon Garlic paste or crushed garlic
    • ½ teaspoon Coriander Powder
    • 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
    • Salt to Taste
    • 1 Carrot sliced
    • 3 small round Radish sliced
    • 1 cup Bottle Gourd sliced
    • 1 medium sized Tomato diced
    • 1 ½ tablespoon Tamarind Paste or small lime size tamarind soaked in water
    • Ingredients to add when boiling
      • 1 teaspoon Garlic Paste or crushed garlic
      • ½ teaspoon Cumin Powder
      • 5 Curry Leaves
    • 1 teaspoon Sugar (opt, I don't use it but some people do)
    • Cilantro for garnish
    pappu charu, pappu chaaru

    Method:

    • Pressure cook toor dal with ½ cup of water for 5 whistles and another 5 minutes on low heat.
    • If using tamarind, soak it in ¾ cup of water for 10 minutes and extract the pulp. OR microwave tamarind with water for a minute and extract the pulp.
    • Heat oil in a sauce pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and methi powder .
    • When seeds start spluttering add onions and saute until translucent.
    • Add green chillies and garlic paste saute until chillies change color.
    • Add coriander powder, turmeric and salt and mix well.
    • Add the vegetables, mix well and cover and cook for a minute or 2.
    • Add dal and cook for another couple of minutes.
    • Add tamarind paste and 3 cups of water. Mix well and check if it is tangy enough. If required add more tamarind paste. Bring to a boil.
    • Add tomatoes and all the ingredients to add when boiling and reduce the heat to medium and boil of 10 minutes.
    • If using sugar, add it and simmer for another couple of minutes. Add cilantro and remove from heat.
    • Serve with hot rice.
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    1. uvr says

      June 25, 2008 at 12:26 pm

      thanks sig, i wanted to share this recipe because it is over shadow by sambar, more popular south indian dish.

      Reply
    2. Sig says

      June 25, 2008 at 5:02 am

      Thank you for this entry Usha! Nice traditional recipe!

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