Chinta Chiguru Pappu Recipe
Chinta Chiguru Pappu is made with tender tamarind leaves, yellow lentils and reional spices. A seasonal delicacy in Telugu households during the summer.
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Chinta Chiguru
- 1 Cup Toor Dal/Pigeon Peas
- 1 Onion
- 10 to 15 Garlic
- 2 Green Chillies
- Salt to Taste
- 1 Tablespoon Red Chilli Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 Tablespoon Oil
- 1 Teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 1 Red Chilli
Instructions
- Clean the chinta chiguru as we do it for powder. Keep it aside. Chop onions and peel the skin of garlic.Soak toor dal for half an hour.Pressure cook it for 3 to 5 whistles.Smash it and keep it aside.Heat oil in a deep and thick bottomed kadai. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and red chilli. Allow them to splutter.Add onion and sauté for 2 minutes.When the onions become translucent, add cleansed chinta chiguru. Sauté it for 2 mins.Add salt, turmeric powder and little water.Let the chiguru cook completely.Once it cooks add red chilli powder and cooked dal.Mix the dal well and allow it to cook for 5 minutes.Transfer the dal into the serving bowl.In a small kadai, heat oil and add peeled garlic and chilli powder.Add the tadka to the dal and mix it well.Temper it with the tadka and serve with hot piping rice.Serve chinta chiguru pappu for especall
Notes
Remove all the big sticks in the chiguru.