Andhra Pappu / Palak pappu is tasty and healthy. It  makes a good accompaniment with any meal. Serve it with hot steamed rice along with a pickle and a few appalams, you will have a delicious meal.

I am happy and excited to introduce a new cuisine in my blog. When the theme of our blog hop was decided as ” Regional cuisine ” I was  excited to try new dishes. After much contemplating with myself, I settled on the Telugu cuisine.  It is a spicy, tangy and hot in taste.
The Telugu region can be divided into three parts as the Coastal Andhra, Telangana and Rayal Seema. Though the food is of the same kind, there is still a variation within these states. This cuisine is also found in neighbouring states as Hyderabad Karnataka and part of Tamilnadu. One part consumes millet while the other regions are contented with rice. They are lovers of hot and spicy food as pickles and chutneys. Tomato picle and avakai are their speciality.They are known to use the guntur kind of chilly.

Among the breakfast dishes, they prepare idli, dosa , pesarittu, dibb roti, minapattu and upma of  rice and semolina.

Today, I am presenting to you “Andhra Pappu ” which is dal cooked with green vegetables.  It is tasty and makes an ideal accompaniment with rice or jowar roti. The method involved in cooking this is different from our counterpart. Without much ado, let me take you to the recipe.

          ANDHRA PAPPU / PALAK PAPPU RECIPE

Ingredients:

• 1 cup tuvar dal       Measurement used :1 cup = 125 grams
• 1 cluster spinach (any other green leaf may be used)
• 2 green chilly
• 1 tomato
• 5 cloves garlic
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
•  lemon sized ball of tamarind
• salt to taste

Pre- requisites :

• Remove the stalk of the green leaf and chop it finely. Wash it by soaking it in water for sometime.
• Soak the tamarind in water for half an hour. Then, extract the pulp from it.

Cooking in easy steps :

• Cooking of dal along with green leaf and other ingredients mentioned later
• Making the seasoning.
• Again pressure cook.

1 Wash the dal and put it in a wide bowl. Add the chopped green leaf, tomato pieces, slit green chilly, garlic cloves and turmeric powder with adequate amount of water. Cook it in a pressure pan.

2 Take oil in a wok. Add mustard seeds, as it splutters, add asafoetida and turmeric powder. To this , add the cooked dal. Let cook for sometime. Now, put salt and tamarind pulp. Allow to boil for five minutes.

3 The cooked dal is again put in the pressure pan and allowed to cook for one whistle. Let the pressure release itself. Check the consistency and boil if needed.

4 Andhra pappu is ready to serve.

Andhra pappu

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Andhra Pappu / Palak Pappu

Andhra Pappu is tasty and healthy. It makes a good accompaniment with hot steamed rice.

Course accompaniments

Cuisine Andhra pradesh

Keyword dal recipe, dal with gren leaf, pappu

Prep Time 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour

Servings 4 people

Author Jayashree

Ingredients

• 1 cup tuvar dal 125 grams
• 1 bunch green leaf vegetable
• 2 green chilly
• 1 tomato
• 5 cloves garlic cloves
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp asafoetida
• tamarind lemon sized ball
• salt to taste

Instructions

• Pre- requisites :
• Remove the stalk of the green leaf and chop it finely. Wash it by soaking it in water for sometime.
• Soak the tamarind in water for half an hour. Then, extract the pulp from it.
• Cooking in easy steps :
• Cooking of dal along with green leaf and other ingredients mentioned later
• Making the seasoning.
• Again pressure cook.
• 1 Wash the dal and put it in a wide bowl. Add the chopped green leaf, tomato pieces, slit green chilly, garlic cloves and turmeric powder with adequate amount of water. Cook it in a pressure pan.
• 2 Take oil in a wok. Add mustard seeds, as it splutters, add asafoetida and turmeric powder. To this , add the cooked dal. Let cook for sometime. Now, put salt and tamarind pulp. Allow to boil for five minutes.
• 3 The cooked dal is again put in the pressure pan and allowed to cook for one whistle.

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Andhra Pappu / Palak Pappu