Andhra Pradesh

Pappu charu

Name: Pappu charu
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients: 1/2 cup toor dal (split pigeon peas); a lemon sized ball soaked tamarind; 1 large chopped tomato; 1 medium sliced onion; 3 slit green chilli; 1 cut into fingers drumstick (moringa pods); 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 tsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); a small piece jaggery; 1 1/2 tsp salt; 3 1/2 cups divided water; 1 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; a pinch fenugreek seeds; 2 dried red chilli; 4 cloves crushed garlic; 1 sprig curry leaves; a pinch asafoetida; a little chopped coriander leaves (cilantro)

Thinner than sambar, tangier than dal, and best poured over rice until it floods the plate.

40 minTime

8 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Charu, the Telugu broth3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

182kcalsame

8 gproteinsame

7 gfibresame

40minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Toor dal (split pigeon peas)½ cup

Tamarinda lemon sized ball, soaked

Tomato1 large, chopped

Onion1 medium, sliced

Green chilli3, slit

Drumstick (moringa pods)1, cut into fingers

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tsp

Jaggerya small piece

Salt1½ tsp

Water3½ cups, divided

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Cumin seeds½ tsp

Fenugreek seedsa pinch

Dried red chilli2

Garlic4 cloves, crushed

Curry leaves1 sprig

Asafoetidaa pinch

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a little, chopped

Method

5 steps

1Pressure cook the toor dal with turmeric and 1 1/2 cups water for 4 whistles. Let the pressure release naturally, then mash smooth.
2Extract the tamarind in 1 cup water. Boil it with the onion, tomato, green chillies, drumstick, chilli powder and salt.
3Add the mashed dal, the remaining water and the jaggery. Simmer gently.
4Heat the oil. Add mustard, cumin, fenugreek, red chillies, garlic, curry leaves and asafoetida. Pour into the charu.
5Add coriander, cover for 2 minutes and serve hot with rice.

Serve it like this

Ladle into warm bowls and serve hot, with a few coriander leaves on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Andhra Pradesh

Pappu charu

Thinner than sambar, tangier than dal, and best poured over rice until it floods the plate.

40 minTime

8 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Charu, the Telugu broth3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

182kcalsame

8 gproteinsame

7 gfibresame

40minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Toor dal (split pigeon peas)½ cup

Tamarinda lemon sized ball, soaked

Tomato1 large, chopped

Onion1 medium, sliced

Green chilli3, slit

Drumstick (moringa pods)1, cut into fingers

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tsp

Jaggerya small piece

Salt1½ tsp

Water3½ cups, divided

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Cumin seeds½ tsp

Fenugreek seedsa pinch

Dried red chilli2

Garlic4 cloves, crushed

Curry leaves1 sprig

Asafoetidaa pinch

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a little, chopped

Method

5 steps

1Pressure cook the toor dal with turmeric and 1 1/2 cups water for 4 whistles. Let the pressure release naturally, then mash smooth.
2Extract the tamarind in 1 cup water. Boil it with the onion, tomato, green chillies, drumstick, chilli powder and salt.
3Add the mashed dal, the remaining water and the jaggery. Simmer gently.
4Heat the oil. Add mustard, cumin, fenugreek, red chillies, garlic, curry leaves and asafoetida. Pour into the charu.
5Add coriander, cover for 2 minutes and serve hot with rice.

Serve it like this

Ladle into warm bowls and serve hot, with a few coriander leaves on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Pappu charu

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Pappu charu

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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