Nimmakaya Pappucharu

Moong Dal  with Lime

Comfort Food

Why Pappucharu/Dal?

Comfort food. Quick & easy to prepare. Make it vegan using oil. No tomato recipe.  Indian lentil stew. Use Instant Pot or Indian pressure cooker.

Ingredients

Step 1

Pressure cook dal with  cumin, green chilies, onion, curry leaves and  little bit of oil.

Step 2

In Instant Pot, manual setting for 4 minutes, 6 minutes for pot in pot method. In  Indian pressure cooker, cook for 4 whistles.

Step 3

Release pressure naturally, transfer dal to a saucepan and mash it with the back of a spoon. Add salt, water and boil pappu khut for about 5 minutes.

Step 4

Meantime, prepare tadka using oil and/or ghee.  Temper it with mustard, cumin, curry leaves, garlic and turmeric powder.

Step 5

Pour the tadka over boiling pappu charu, cover and let boil for few minutes or a little longer if dal is too watery.

Step 6

Once desired consistency is reached, sprinkle chopped cilantro, turn off the flame and squeeze lime juice.

Serve nimmakaya pappu charu with rice and a dry curry on the side.

Some suggestions are

shrimp  curry,

 chicken  kheema,

 or curry of your choice..

More Dal Recipes

Cranberry  Dal

Panchmel  Dal

 Instant Pot Dal Tadka

About the authour

I am Usha, the author, recipe developer and the photographer behind MySpicyKitchen.

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