Recipe - Tamarind Dal (Chintakai Pappu)

One half cup Tur gram; (toor or toovar
dal)
4 Pieces raw tamarind; (where
seeds are not yet hard or
black)
1 pn Turmeric
1 teaspoon Chiili powder
1 Stem curry leaves
1 Onion
1 tablespoon Oil
1 teaspoon Peeled broken black gram
dal; (urad dal)
1 teaspoon Black mustard seeds
1 pn Asafoetida
Salt; to taste

1. Boil the tur gram.

2. Clean the tamarind, grind, remove strands and bits of seeds.

3. Add to the dal. Add half cup water, turmeric, chilli powder, curry
leaves and salt, and cook.

4. Chop onion. Add.

5. Remove when the onions arecooked and when the dal is thick.

6. Fry black gram, mustards seeds and asafoetida. Add as seasoning.

Recipe by: Delicious Recipes From Andhra by Karuna

Posted to recipeludigest by Sharon Raghavachary schary@earthlink.net on
Feb 25, 1998