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\nDazzling Dals ~ Tomato Dal (Tomato Pappu<\/em>)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n
I get lot of questions about the recipes I write at Mahanandi. Some show a mix of disdain and curiosity typical of a museum visitor and some convey a genuine interest. I live in a foreign country, still I cook and write about the food of my home. I guess it is expected to get both types of comments on my recipes. <\/p>\n
When people show genuine interest, it feels good and I try to respond to their comments. One such genuinely interested person is Linda of Out of the Garden food blog<\/a>. From her comments, I had a sense that she is very fond of one particular recipe of mine. So, whenever Linda inquired about the details, I replied her with equal enthusiasm. Guess what! She not only used the recipe to prepare the dish, but she also perfected<\/strong> the process and wrote about it on her blog. The recipe is none other than the dazzling dal, my beloved amma mudda<\/em><\/a>. Linda’s description of amma muddas<\/a><\/em> truly conveys her enthusiasm and a delight to read. I thank Linda for treating the recipe and the feelings associated with it with respect. I will think of her amma mudda<\/em> post<\/a> as a great gift to Mahanandi on its second anniversary. <\/p>\n Here is one more dazzling dal recipe – tomato dal. A basic and beginners favorite in Indian cooking, tomato dal is a simple and flavorful main course dish. Can be served with rice or chapatis for a hearty, satisfying meal.<\/p>\n Recipe:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\t½ cup toor dal<\/a> and 1½ cups of water – Take them all in a pressure cooker and cook until the dal reaches fall apart stage. Usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes in a pressure cooker. Once the valve pressure is released, remove the lid and add about half teaspoon of salt. Mix and mash the dal to soft consistency with a wood masher.<\/p>\n In a separate vessel, do the popu or tadka<\/em> (toasting cumin, mustard seeds, curry leaves etc in oil)<\/a>. Add the mashed tomato dal to the popu<\/em><\/a>. Mix and serve hot with rice or with chapati.<\/p>\n Notes: Dazzling Dals ~ Tomato Dal (Tomato Pappu) I get lot of questions about the recipes I write at Mahanandi. Some show a mix of disdain and curiosity typical of a museum visitor and some convey a genuine interest. I live in a foreign country, still I cook and write about the food of my home. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,148,38,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authentic-andhra","category-jihva-for-ingredients","category-tomato","category-toor-dal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\t1 big ripe tomato – cut to chunks
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\t1 small onion – cut to chunks
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\t6-8 green chillies – finely chopped
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\t¼ tsp turmeric and marble-sized tamarind<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/mahanandi\/images\/tomato\/tomatodalimagecopyrihgted2.jpg\")
\nTomato Dal mixed with Rice and on the side Green<\/a> Brinjal Curry<\/a> ~ Our lunch today
\nand my entry to JFI: Tomato<\/a> hosted by Lovely RP of My Workshop<\/a><\/small><\/center><\/p>\n
\nRecipe source: Amma<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"