Andhra Dosakaya Pappu Cucumber Dal

Andhra Dosakaya Pappu Cucumber Dal

Hii welcome again in this blog 36 Simple Indian Recipe today we will share an amazing Indian recipy. Dosakaya pappu is a most common and an all-time favorite Andhra cuisine. The main ingredient is yellow cucumber (dosakaya). Just pressure cook dal, mash, add hot tempering and serve with hot rice and pappad or chapati.

TIME REQUIRED FOR PREPRATION 😊

Prep Time: 05 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 20 mins

So lets begins,

Ingredients

(Red gram) kandi pappu – 3/4 cup(toor dal)

cucumber(dosakaya) – 1

 tomatoes – 3

green chilies – 6

tamarind – small lemon size

Tempering:

oil – 3 spoons

 tempering seeds – 2 spoons

onion – 1

curry leaves – 1 spring

 garlic – 3(cloves) 

dry red chilies – 2

Instructions

 Soak dal and chop the veggies:

 1. Wash toor dal (kandi pappu) throughly for 2-3 times and soak for 30 minutes.

2. Wash and Peel the cucumber(dosakaya) remove the seeds.

3. Taste the cucumber whether it is bitter or not. If it is bitter please discard, otherwise total recipe will spoil.

 4. Dice the cucumber into medium size pieces.

 5. Chop the tomatoes and green chilies in medium size.

Cooking Dal With Pressure :

 1. Place the soaked dal on the stove over a medium flame.

2. Let it cook for 3 minutes so that our dal will be easy to mash. This is optional.

3. Add chopped cucumber, tomatoes and green chilies.

 4. Add 1/4 spoon of turmeric powder and 1/4 spoon of red chilli powder.

5. Wash and add small lemon size tamarind mix well.

6. Close the lid and pressure cook for 6 whistles.

7. Switch off the fire. Open the lid carefully and mash.

 8. Add a spoon of salt. Adjust according to the taste.

9. Mash smoothly and take into the bowl.

Tempering:

 1. Crush the 3 garlic cloves.

2. Heat the pan over a medium flame add 2-3 spoons of oil as per the quandity of your material.

3. Add 2 spoons of tempering seeds, onion slices, crushed garlic cloves. 4. Add a spring of curry leaves and 2 dry red chillies.

5. Let them splutter and the onions turn golden.

 6. Switch off the fire add the hot tempering seeds into the pappu bowl.

7. Andhra dosakaya pappu is ready. Serve with plain rice and papad or roti or chapati.

Recipe Notes

Taste the cucumber whether it is bitter or not. If it is bitter please discard, otherwise total recipe will spoil. If your serving for kids reduce green chillies and skip red chilli powder.