Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Tomato Pappu

My real comforting food, just with hot steaming rice topped with ghee and served along with papads this tomato dal tastes fabulous..Its really very easy to prepare and  one of my initial cooking experience was this tomato pappu, i started this tomato pappu when i was doing my school days...Easy pappu tastes absolutely delicious with any side dish eventhough my preference goes to papads..This pappu goes awesome with rice or any other breakfast dishes like idli, dosa or pongal, i learned this pappu from my mom and one of her signature dish, she used to prepare this sort of dal dishes with loads of variations..


1/2cup Toor dal
2nos Tomatoes (juicy & ripen)
1no Onion(chopped)
2nos Green chillies (slit opened)
1/2tsp Mustard seeds, urad dal
1/4tsp Cumin seeds
Curry leaves
2nos Dry red chillies
1tsp Lemon juice
Salt
Oil

Take the washed toor dal, chopped tomatoes and slit opened green chillies in a pressure cooked and cook upto 3hisses, keep aside and let them cool...Meanwhile heat enough oil, fry the mustard seeds, urad dal, cumin seeds and curry leaves..add the chopped onions and saute until the onions turns transculent..Add the cooked dal  with enough salt to the onions and bring them to boil..finally add the lemon juice and put off the stove..

Serve hot!!

38 comments:

Niloufer Riyaz said... Reply To This Comment

thats a tasty pappu

Aruna Manikandan said... Reply To This Comment

simple delicious pappu dear :-)

Suhaina said... Reply To This Comment

so simple and really yummy recipe. like the click too. looks very perfect.

PranisKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

priya really easy recipe..i used to prepare this tomato dal curry.best with rice and poriyal..
looks so delicious..

Hari Chandana P said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy and simple pappu.. nice one!!!

Meena said... Reply To This Comment

lovely dal priya!

Angie's Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and comforting! Yes, I would love to eat them with rice!

Life is beautiful !!! said... Reply To This Comment

Simple yet tasty pappu...loved the presentation.

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

This is my cofort food too, with hot rice but without the ghee. When i am feeling homesick for moms food this is one dish i make and it makes me feel good.

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so healthy & comforting, i too love eating this with hot rice

Jiboombaa said... Reply To This Comment

Tomato dhal Rice with ghee is simple and satisfying food.

Sayantani Mahapatra Mudi said... Reply To This Comment

love love love tomato daal. that surely is the most comforting dish. looks lovely.

Chitra said... Reply To This Comment

Nice priya.. will try for sure,..

Jayanthy Kumaran said... Reply To This Comment

Hy Priya,

Looks awesome...! Wish to taste hot with spicy pappads.

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

simple & super pappu!!

Prema said... Reply To This Comment

Pappu luks perfect.Nice combination for rice and rotis.Thanks for posting priya...

gtyuk said... Reply To This Comment

this one is my favourite too; hearty and comforting one !!

the name "Pappu" sounds so cute, reminds me of the term "Pappu chore" we call for baby food :)

have a nice day Priya!!!

sonu said... Reply To This Comment

hey priya hope u recvd my entry for the cws event ..

sonu said... Reply To This Comment

simply mouthwatering !!

Urmi said... Reply To This Comment

Very nice, simple and wonderful recipe. Looks yummy and tempting.

Home Cooked Oriya Food said... Reply To This Comment

wow - looks so good...

AJ said... Reply To This Comment

wonderful variation to toor dal!!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

My alltime favorite love to have this with steamed rice and potato fry hummm mouthwatering.....

Suji said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely tomato dal..mouthwatering...

Love
Kairali sisters

Preeti Kashyap said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy..I love it and I agree when you say it is a comfort food.

Kiran said... Reply To This Comment

Simple and tasty tomato daal.

Harini said... Reply To This Comment

my comfort pappu too!

Deepthi Shankar said... Reply To This Comment

yummy & comfort food

Gita Jaishankar said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely comforting dhal Priya...looks so good...this is like comfort food for me, I make this very often :)

Trendsetters said... Reply To This Comment

my fav comfort food

Shabitha Karthikeyan said... Reply To This Comment

One of the easiest recipe..My favorite..Looks delicious.. returned from lunch still makes me feel hungry..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely pappu :)

I will also prepare my mom's version of this pappu as it has been a while since I had it :)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy and tasty pappu..Love it!!

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Priya,
Tomato pappu looks really yummy. Nice to have with rice.

Sukanya Yogesh said... Reply To This Comment

Irresistible!!!!!

Suma Rowjee said... Reply To This Comment

One of my favs too..looks so good..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

simple and comforting....

Suma Gandlur said... Reply To This Comment

I prefer such simple, comforting dals any day.
Thanks for chosing to send over one of the traditional pappus to the event.

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