7th
May
2007
Bottle gourd Dal (Anapakaya pappu )
posted in Uncategorized |Recipe for Anapakaya Pappu:
Ingredients:
Bottle gourd- 1 ( medium size )
Mung dal- 1 cup
Pinch of turmeric
Salt to taste
For Seasoning:
Mustard- 1 tsp
Cumin- 1 tsp
Red chillies- 2
Asafoetida- 1/4th tsp ( optional )
Urad dal- 1 tsp
Curry leaves- 10
Procedure:
- Peel the skin of the bottle gourd and chop it to small pieces.
- Add a pinch of turmeric and bring them to boil.
- In a separate bowl, add little salt to the mung dal and boil it.
- In a wide skillet, add a spoon of oil and do the seasoning, in the order listed above.
- Once the popping sound is heard, add the boiled bottle gourd pieces and mung dal.
- Adjust the salt, to your taste and stir well.
Serve the dal either with rotis or steamed rice and a papad.
It is a very good accompaniment for both rice and rotis.