Ponnaganti Aaku Pappu

ingredients:
Ponnaganti aaku 2cups
Toordal/Kandi pappu 1cup
Tomato 1
Salt to taste
Green chilli 3-4 Adjust with your spice level
Turmeric powder 1/2tsp
Tamarind 2"pc
 Popu:
Oil 2tsp
Mustard seeds 1/2tsp
Cumin seeds 1/2tsp
Red chilli 1
Hing pinch
Urad dal, Channa dal 1tsp
Onion chopped 1(small onion)
Curry leaves few

Preparaion:
1. Clean and wash Ponnaganti aaku, toor dal, tomato, green chilli.
2. Now Take ponnaganti aaku, toor dal, tomato, green chilli, tamarind with one glass of water in a pressure cooker and cook for 3 whistles.
3. Now wait for 15 minutes, open the pressure cooker lid, add salt and turmeric powder mash cooked dal as a coarse paste.
4. Now heat oil in a vessel, add popu items one by one and fry.
5. Add mashed dal mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes on medium heat and remove from flame.
 Tasty and healthy dal is ready to eat.

 Goes well with Rice, roti and chapathi.

Tindora Fry

ingredients:
Tindora(donda kayalu)1/4kg washed and finely chopped
Onion finely chopped 1/4cup

Green chillies 4

Dry coconut 2"pc(Powder 2tsp)

White Sesame seeds (roasted) 2tsp

Garlic cloves 2

Turmeric powder 1/4tsp

Salt to taste

Mustard, cumin seeds 1/2tsp

Curry leaves 10

Oil 2-3tsp

Preparation:

1. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, cumin seeds let them pop, now add onion and curry leaves fry for 1 minute on medium flame.

2. Now add chopped tindora mix well and fry for 2-3 minutes.

3. Add salt, turmeric powder mix well, cover and cook it on low flame till tindora becomes soft, stir occasionally.

4. Mean while Grind green chilli, roasted sesame seeds, coconut , garlic as a coarse powder and keep aside.

5. Now remove the lid, add green chilli-sesame seeds mixture mix well.

6. Fry for 5-10 minutes on low flame and remove from flame.

Serve hot with rice...