Tomato Pappu --Tomato with lentils (Tomato Dal)

Tomato dal is easy to make, highly nutritious and a super comfort food.

Toor dal cooked with onions and tomatoes and topped with aromatic tampering.

Ingredients:

1 cup Toor Dal (Pigeon peas)

2.5 cups water

3 medium tomatoes (cut into large pieces)

½ cup large onion chunks

1 tsp chili powder

¼ tsp turmeric

Salt to taste

Tempering:

2 tsp oil

½ tsp mustard seeds

½ tsp cumin seeds

1 broken red chili

1 spring curry leaves

¼ tsp asafetida (hing)

Wash toor dal. Add 2.5 cups of water to dal in a pressure cooker.

Add tomatoes and onions. Cook on high for two whistles and set the heat to low and let it cook for 10 – 12 mins. 

Once the pressure is off, remove lid. If there is excessive water, cook for few minutes without cover to get it to the desired consistency.

Add chili powder, turmeric and salt.

In a separate pan heat oil, add mustard, cumin, red chili and curry leaves followed by hing. Once the mustard starts spluttering, add the tempering to dal and mix will.

Enjoy it with hot rice and ghee.