Beerakaya Pappu
Beerakaya Pappu

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, beerakaya pappu. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Beerakaya pappu is a andhra style dal recipe made with ridge gourd, tomatoes, toor dal & spices. Beerakaya translates to ridge gourd and pappu to dal or lentils. So beerakaya pappu is nothing but ridge gourd cooked with dal. Most andhra restaurants serve a variety of lentil dishes in the vegetarian meal like this beerakaya pappu.

Beerakaya Pappu is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Beerakaya Pappu is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have beerakaya pappu using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Beerakaya Pappu:
  1. Get 1/2 cup Tuvar dal (Pigeon pea lentil). soaked for 30 minutes
  2. Make ready 2 cups Turai (Ridge gourd), chopped
  3. Prepare 1 tomato, chopped
  4. Get 1 onion, chopped
  5. Make ready 1-2 green chilies, chopped
  6. Get 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
  7. Prepare 2 tbsp. oil
  8. Take 1-2 dry red chilies
  9. Make ready 1 tsp. mustard seeds
  10. Get 1 tsp. urad dal (split black gram)
  11. Prepare 3-4 garlic cloves, chopped
  12. Make ready 1 sprig curry leaves
  13. Take pinch asafoetida
  14. Get 1 tsp. roasted coriander powder
  15. Prepare 1/2 tsp. roasted cumin powder
  16. Make ready 1/2-1 tsp. red chilli powder
  17. Prepare to taste salt
  18. Take 1/4 cup tamarind juice
  19. Take 1 tsp. coriander leaves to garnish

Pappu is referred to as dal and the dal used in this recipe is toor dal/toovar dal and into it cooked beerakaya is added. Beerakaya Pappu is a traditional dal from Andhra made with Ridge gourd and lentils. This is a comfort dal served with steamed rice along with Avakaya Pickle. When we talk about Beerakaya Pappu, I will always remember how it has been since the time I was married and how this dal was made at home.

Steps to make Beerakaya Pappu:
  1. Pressure cook the soaked lentil with turmeric powder, chopped ridge gourd, onion, tomato, green chilies and 1 & 1/2 cups water for 4-5 whistles. Mash well and keep aside.
  2. Heat oil in a pan & temper with mustard seeds & dry red chilies. After it stops spluttering, add the garlic, urad dal, asafoetida & curry leaves. Saute for a few seconds.
  3. Add coriander powder, cumin powder & red chilli powder. Give it a stir.
  4. Add the boiled dal, tamarind & salt. Simmer on a low flame for 2-3 minutes.
  5. When done, switch off the flame and add coriander leaves.
  6. Serve with hot steamed rice.

This is a comfort dal served with steamed rice along with Avakaya Pickle. When we talk about Beerakaya Pappu, I will always remember how it has been since the time I was married and how this dal was made at home. Beerakaya Gatti Pappu is a thick dal made with toor and ridge gourd. You can serve as a side dish or can be mixed with rice. A traditional Andhra dal, this is a very delicious one to enjoy.

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