Cooking Time : 15 mins
Cuisine : Andhra Cuisine
Ingredients Needed
Toor Dal - 1 cup
Dosakaya / Yellow Cucumber - 1 medium
Dried Red chillies - 5-6
Onion - 1 small
Tomato - 2 medium
Garlic - 4 cloves
Tamarind - small marble sized
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric a pinch
Salt to taste
Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard, urud dal - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves few
Water for cooking
Method to prepare:
Clean the dal and keep aside. Chop onions and tomatoes. Crush the garlic cloves along with the skin.
Peel the dosakaya and cube into small pieces.
Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add mustard and urad dal. then curry leaves and cumin seeds. Once it splutters, sauté onions, red chilies and garlic. Once onion browns, add dal, dosakaya pieces and fry for few mins.
Then add tomatoes, tamarind, turmeric, and water for cooking. Cover it with lid and pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles till the dal is cooked well.
When the pressure is off, take the dal masher or pappu guthi, mash the dal well with the red chillies. Add salt. and cook on high flame for 2 mins.
Serve with steamed Rice.
This is the same way we make most dals, the only difference would be when you add the vegetable and how mushy you cook it.
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Smitha says
nice one for lunch box…I used to love daal in my lunch box…dosakai pappu is yum as always!
Archana Vivek says
This is something new. Let me see if i get Dosakaya. Nice one Valli.
Now Serving says
had no idea that yellow squash was dosakaya altho I've seen that name in a few blogs now - This seems like a very healthy kootu!!! YUM!
Pavani says
Dosakaya pappu is one of my favorites. We don't get decent dosakayas here, but when I get one this is the dish that I always make. Simple comfort food.
harini-jaya says
We make it very differently. No tomato, no garlic, no red chillies...etc I guess each family has a different way of making dal, however simple it might be, right?
Rituparna says
Yum Yum !
I do always like dals made like this. When is the next ICC post getting published. I am assuming that you will be sending a mail as I was unable to get through by using the old link. Am still getting used to the system, so please bear with me. 🙂
Priya says
Thats a delicious and comforting pappu for the sure,simply yummy..
Gayathri Kumar says
Very nice..
vaishali sabnani says
this is completely new for me..though we do make our daals with pumpkin at times...but this one's sems to b the best..will give it a shot!
Suparna says
Thanks for dropping by srivalli:P hope to see u around more often.
The lunch box menu dal seems healthy and comforting.
I havent participated in any food events so far, would you please tell me how to go about in sending the recipes to ur event.
Thanks
Harika's Kitchen says
Ah pappu looks yummy. Nice idea of lunch box.
Suma Gandlur says
We love it too Srivalli though the dosakayas I get here are not that flavorful.
Usha says
That was so sweet of your athamma to make podi for you ... Mymom makes dosakaya pappu but I don't...my nubby doesn't like mixing veggies with dal... For him it is only dal or only veggie... No mixing them together...
Mina Joshi says
This looks so delicious. I have never cooked with dosakayas. Not sure what they would be called here. Do post a picture next time you cook with it so I know what it looks like. An Award waits for you on my blog. Do drop by and pick it up.
Cool Lassi(e) says
Your Athai is such a sweet lady! And this Paruppu/Kootu looks delicious!
jayasree says
Your athamma is very caring. I should remember this dal when I buy dosakkaya next time.