Tomato Pappu & Beerakaya Bobbarla Koora + Brown rice

Tomato pappu:

Boil the following in a pressure cooker for 3 whistles:

• 1 cup toor dal
• 3 medium sized tomatoes 
• 5-7 garlic pods
• 3-4 green chillies
• pinch of turmeric powder
• 1 tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
• few drops of cooking oil
• 2 cups of water

After the dal is cooked, add chilli powder, tamarind extract (optional), and salt to it. Add tadka (oil + mustard seeds + cumin seeds + 3-4 dried red chillies + curry leaves) to the above mixture and simmer for 10 min and take it off the stove, and serve with rice.

Beerakaya bobbarla koora:

Soak bobbarlu (small red beans) for 4-5 hours.

To be continued...