Mom's recipe for Tomato Pappu :)

Recipe: Tomato Pappu

Recipe: Tomato Pappu
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Ingredients
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Toor Dal            : 1 measure
Tomatoes            : 4-5 measures
Turmeric Powder     : a pinch
Oil                 : 1 tea spoon / measure
Chilli Powder       : 1 tea spoon / measure
Ginger Garlic Paste : 1 tea spoon / measure
Tamarind            : 2-3 pieces / measure (2 inch pieces)

For Tadka:
   Oil              : 4 tea spoons
   Dry Chilli       : 3-4 pieces
   Mustard Seeds    : 1/2 tea spoon
   Jeera            : 1/2 tea spoon
   Curry Leaf
   Coriander
   Coriander Powder

Procedure
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1. Put all the ingredients in 2-3 measures of water in a pressure cooker.
2. Put the cooker on stove and let the 2-3 whistles go off.
3. Turn off the stove and let it simmer.
4. After the pressure is out (i.e. cooker whistle stops wheezing), mildly grind the dal.
5. Add salt to taste.

Tadka:
    1. Heat the Dry Chilli, Mustard Seeds and Jeera in oil until they turn brownish (careful: oil might splutter).
    2. Remove from stove and add Curry Leaf, Coriander and Coriander Powder to it (careful: oil _will_ splutter).
    
Add the tadka to the dal (careful: it will splutter).