TAKKALI PAPPU

NOTE:
Andhra food is generally spicy and delicious to eat.Their dal or Pappu is staple in their diet and made from a variety of vegetables added to toovar dal..Simple to cook the Pappu when mixed in hot rice with dollops of ghee and pappads is mouthwatering.

U need:
Toovar dal: 1 cup cleaned and soaked
Red tomatoes: 3 medium sized chopped fine
Green chillies slit: 3 minced fine
Garlic pods: 3 chopped fine
Red chillies: 2 broken
Onion: 1 medium diced fine
Ghee: 3 tabslp
Turmeric powder:1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Jeera: 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves: few
Asefodita: 1/4 tsp
salt to taste
Method:
1. Wash toovar dal and pressure with 1 chopped tomato, turmeric powder,1 tsp of minced green chillies till soft and well cooked.Remove the cooked dal and pour this into a kadai and simmer on gas. Add salt.
2. Heat 2 tablsp ghee. When hot add asefodita,mustard seeds,jeera and broken red chillies and curry leaves. Sauté.Add the remaining green chillies and  chopped tomatoes and continue cooking till the tomatoes are well cooked  Pour this tadka into the simmering dal and continue to cook for another 7 to 8 mins.The dal has to be creamy in texture.
3.Transfer the dal into a serving bowl.Heat the remaining ghee. When hot add the minced garlic and sauté. Add finely diced onions the and stir well till the onion turns light pink.Pour this tadka into the dal,cover with a lid.
4.After 10 mins,remove the lid,garnish with some more green chillies(optional) and coriander leaves.
The spice from the dal comes from the green chillies.So please adjust the chillies to your taste.