Andhra Pradesh

Sorakaya pappu

Name: Sorakaya pappu
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients: 3/4 cup toor dal (split pigeon peas); Bottle gourd (opo squash, calabash), about 2 cups, cubed; 1 small chopped onion; 1 medium chopped tomato; 2 to 3 slit green chilli; 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 2 1/2 cups water; a small marble tamarind; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); Salt, to taste; 1 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1 dried red chilli; 3 cloves crushed garlic; 1 sprig curry leaves; a pinch asafoetida; a little chopped coriander leaves (cilantro)

Bottle gourd melting into toor dal with a garlicky tadka. Quietly the best thing on the table.

35 minTime

10 gProtein each

mildSpice

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

203kcal

10 gprotein

7 gfibre

35minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Toor dal (split pigeon peas)¾ cup

Bottle gourd (opo squash, calabash)about 2 cups, cubed

Onion1 small, chopped

Tomato1 medium, chopped

Green chilli2 to 3, slit

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Water2½ cups

Tamarinda small marble

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)½ tsp

Saltto taste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Cumin seeds½ tsp

Dried red chilli1

Garlic3 cloves, crushed

Curry leaves1 sprig

Asafoetidaa pinch

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a little, chopped

Method

4 steps

1Rinse the toor dal well. Pressure cook it with the bottle gourd, onion, tomato, green chilli, turmeric and the water for 3 whistles. Let the pressure release naturally.
2Mash lightly with a ladle, keeping some gourd pieces whole.
3Soak the tamarind in a little warm water, squeeze and add the extract to the dal with salt and chilli powder. Simmer for 5 minutes.
4For the tadka, heat the oil, splutter mustard and cumin, add red chilli, garlic, curry leaves and asafoetida. Pour over the pappu and add the coriander.

Serve it like this

Serve in a deep bowl with the tadka on top, alongside hot rice and a spoon of ghee.

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