Pappu Pulusu or Pappu Charu

Ingredients:

• Red gram dal                      1 cup  (kandi pappu)
• Lady fingers                        4
• Brinjal small
• Onion small                         6
• Tamarind-                           1 lemon size
• Oil-                                     2tbs
• Mustard seeds-                   1 tbp.
• Salt to taste,
• Curry leaves
• Coriander leaves
• Jagerry                                1tbp

Procedure

1. Cook toor dal in a pressure cooker. Cut all vegetables into small pieces.
2. Extract tamarind pulp using a cup of water.
3. Now heat oil in a thick bottom vessel  add cumin and mustard seeds heat them till they splutter.
4. Add cooked dal and tamarind pulp, vegetable pieces,onions,salt,turmeric powder, jaggery,  tomato pieces, mix well and cook until vegetable become soft ( add sufficient water).
5. Serve with rice. 

Drum Stick Rasam

Ingredients:

• Drumsticks            3 pieces
• Til seeds                2 tsp
• Grated coconut      3 tsp
• Rice flour               2 tsp
• Red chili powder   1 tsp
• Garlic cloves          3
• Salt to taste

For seasoning

Mustard seeds                ½  spoon

Cumin seeds                    ¼  tsp                       4

Curry leaves

Procedure :

1. Peel, wash and cut drumsticks into 4 inches pieces.
2. Grind til seeds, grated coconut, little salt, chilli powder  and rice powder into a smooth past adding little water and keep it aside.
3. Take1spoon of oil in a thick bottom vessel and seasoning with mustard, cumin seeds and curry leaves. 
4. Add 3 cups of water, drumstick pieces and salt. Mix well.  Cook till the drumstick pieces become soft. 
5. Add the above paste, mix well and cook for 5 minutes. 
6. Serve with roti or rice.

Thotakoora pulusu (Tangy amaranth leaves )

Ingredients:

• Thotakura leaves                      3 cups 
• Big onion finely chopped          1 cut in pieces
• Small brinjal                             1  cut in pieces(Option)
• Turmeric powder                     1\4tsp
• Tamarind                                 small lemon size
•                                                (soak in a cup of warm water and extract pulp)        
• Red chillies                              2
• Jaggery or sugar                      1tsp
• Rice flour                                1tsp
• Mustard seeds                        1\2spoon
• Til seeds                                 2spoons
• Salt to taste

For tempering:

• 1 tbsp oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp split black gram dal
• 5-6 garlic flakes crushed
• 10-12 curry leaves

Procedure   

1. Grind red chili, mustard seeds, til seeds, salt  and rice powder to a fine paste  in a grinder. Keep it aside.
2. Heat oil in a thick bottom vessel and tempering with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, garlic and green chillies.
3. Add the thotakoora, tamarind pulp, jaggery, turmeric, salt,and brinjal pieces, and mix well  cook till thotakoora becomes soft. (add sufficient water)
4. Now add the above paste, mix well and  boil for 5 minutes 
5. Serve with hot rice and roti

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Dohi Khadi [majjiga or challa (butter milk) pulusu]

Ingredients

• butter milk:                1/2 ltr
• chilies:                      4( chopped)
• Bengal gram dal flour: 2 tbsp
• turmeric powder:       1/4 tsp
• brinjal small size         1(cut in to pieces)
• lady finger                 4 (cut in to pieces)
• drumstick                  1 (cut in to pieces)
• salt: to taste
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• oil:             2 tbsp
• garlic         5cloves
• red chilies: 2
• cumin:      1/2 tsp
• mustard:    1/2 tsp
• curry leaves

Procedure

1. Take butter milk in a cooking vessel , add Bengal dal flour, turmeric, vegetable pieces and mix well.
2. Take a thick bottom vessel ,heat oil and  tampering with
    mustard seeds,garlic, cumin seeds, red chilly, green chilly and curry leaves.
3. Now add buttermilk and cook in a low flame till the vegetables become soft .
4. Add salt and mix well.
5. Serve with hot rice.

Simple Rasam

Ingredients

• tomatoe (option)             small 
•  drum stick                   1cut in to pieces (option)
•  Tamarind                     lemon-sized 
• Turmeric powder          1pinch
•  jaggary                           1tsp
• salt to tast

For Seasoning

•  mustard seeds      1 tsp       
•  cuminseeds          1 tsp        
•  red chilli               1
• asafoetida powder  1pinch
  curry leaves           10 
•  green chillies         2chopped
•  oil tea spoon

procedure

1. Heat the oil. Splutter the mustard seeds add cumin , red chilli, asafoetida powder,green chilli, curry leaves fry for a minute.
2. Add 4 cups of water,tomoto,salt, turmeric powder, jaggary,tamarind and boil for 10 minutes.Switch of the stove. 
3. Serve hot with rice.

Delicious Sambar

Ingredients:

• toor dal-                             1 cup (red gram dal) (kandi pappu)
• lady fingers                        4
• brinjal small
• onion small                         6
• tamarind-                           1 lemon size
• oil-                                        2tbs
• mustard seeds-                  1 tbp.
• salt to taste,
• curry leaves
• coriander leaves
• jagerry                                    1tbp

for masala 

• coriander seeds-     2 tbp
• chena dal-                1tbs
• menthi seeds-          1 tbs
• red chillies-               2to3
• fresh coconut              1/2 cup 
• cumin seeds                1/2 tbs

Procedure

1. Fry dry mirchi, coriander seeds, chena dal, menthi seeds,cumin seeds on a dry pan till they become golden in colour. Add grated coconut, and paste the above ingredients in a grinder.  Keep it aside.
2. cook toor dal in a pressure cooker.
3. Extract tamarind pulp using a cup of water.
4. Now heat oil in a thick bottom vessel  add cumin and mustard seeds heat them till they splutter.
5. Add cooked dal and tamarind pulp, vegetable pieces,onions,salt,turmeric powder, jaggery,  tomato pieces and cook until vegetable become soft.( add sufficient water).
6. Now add grinded  masala and cook for another 5 minutes. 
7. Delicious sambar is ready to serve with rice or idli.

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Dalma (Oriya recipe)

Ingredients

• Toor Dal 1cup
•  Red Pumpkin  small piece (cut into large pieces)
•  Brinjal  (cut into medium size pieces)
•  Green Papaya (cut into  pieces)
•  Potato1(medium size peeled and cut into pieces)
• 4 no. Dry Red Chillies
• 1 tsp. Turmeric powder
• 2 tsp. Cumin seed (Jeera)
• 1 tsp. Ghee or Oil
• Salt to taste

Procedure

1. Roast cumin and red chilli in a pan till they turn light brown.Grind them together and keep the powder aside.  
2. Cook Dal in a pressure cooker for 3 whistles. Add all vegetables  (potato,pumpkin, brinjal and papaya) to the cooked dal, and cook it further till the vegetables become soft. 
3. Heat Ghee/Cooking Oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds to it and heat till they crackle. Add 2 red chillies.
4. Add the tadka to cooked dal+vegetables. 
5. Add roasted cumin and chilli powder and  salt, mix well, heat  for 5 minutes.
6. Garnish with grated coconut and coriander leaves.
7. Serve with hot  rice or roti.