Ridge Gourd Tomato Dal Recipe / Birakaya Pappu / Turai Tomato Dal

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Toor Dal
• 1 no Birakaya
• 1 Green Chilli chopped
• 1 Onion chopped
• 1 Tomato chopped
• 4 crushed Garlic Cloves
• 1" Tamarind flake
• 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
• 3/4 sp Red Chilli Powder
• Salt to taste
For Popu :
• 1/2 sp Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 sp Cumin Seeds
• 1 Red Chilli crocked
• Curry leaves
• Coriander Leaves
• 2 sp Oil

Instructions

1. Wash, peel birakaya/ridge gourd and chop into small pieces and keep aside. Wash toor dal well.

2. Combine and pressure cook toor dal, chopped ridge gourd, onion, green chilli, tomato and tamarind flake. Once done turn off the flame and allow it to cool..

3. Once cooled remove the bowl our and then mash it well. In the mean time, heat oil in a pan add popu ingredients and fry. Once done add crushed garlic, curry leaves and fry for a while.

4. Then add in mashed birakaya dal, red chilli, turmeric powders, salt and stir well, cook for 5 mins on low to medium flame. Finally add chopped coriander leaves and mix well, now ridge gourd tomato dal/birakaya tomato pappu is ready to serve, it is a good combination for rice and chapatis.