This month we are starting a mega marathon & it will go on for this whole month. We started off with "Andhra Pradesh", which is also my home state & was juggling on which recipe I should choose.
Pappu Charu or Pappu saru is a well know andhra house hold dish. It is slightly different from the rasam we make. This dish is filled with dal, veggies & spices, which bring out a unique flavor to the dish. This dish basically doesn't need any powders to flavor it but my mom add's a little of rasam powder & it sure does it's magic in this dish.
Ingredients
1/4Cup toor dal
1Cup water
1Small onion sliced
2Tomatoes chopped
2Green chili's sliced
1Drumstick cut equally
1/4Tsp turmeric
1Tsp chili powder
1Tbs tamarind pulp
2&1/2Cups water
1/2Tsp sugar
1Tsp rasam powder
1Tbs oil
Salt to taste
Few curry leaves
Seasoning
1Tbs oil
1Tsp mustard
1Tsp Jeera
2Red chili's broken equally
1/4 Tsp Hing / Asafetida
2Garlic cloves chopped
Directions
- Wash toor dal with lots of water. Take toor dal & drumsticks in a pressure cooker and add 1cup water. Cook it for 2 whistles & switch off heat.
- Heat a deep bottomed vessel with oil. To that add cooked dal, onions, tomatoes, green chili's, chili powder, sugar, salt, turmeric, rasam powder , curry leaves & tamarind pulp to vessel along with 2&1/2cups water. Adjust taste if needed. Mix it well & bring it to boil.
- Cook on low heat for 15mins or until onions & tomatoes are soft. Switch off heat & rasam is ready.
- Heat a small pan with 1tbs oil. Once it is hot add jeera, mustard, garlic & red chili's. Once the mustards start jumping add hing & switch off heat.
- Mix the seasoning with rasam.
- Serve with rice, dollop ghee & few papads.
Note:
- Remove green chili's from the recipe to reduce the spice level.
- While seasoning you can add both garlic & hing or just any one of those.
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Andhra chaaru is so delicious! I always have this when we have dinner at my Telugu friends place. Looking forward to the recipes for the rest of the month :)
ReplyDeleteThere are so many ways ot prepare pappu charu. My aunt does it this way, but without rasam powder. I had the dal to the talimpu, add water, tamarind and then boil it.
ReplyDeleteA very comforting pappu chaaru indeed!
ReplyDeleteI am a big time Rasam fan and hoping to put all Rasams in a folder for easy access.
ReplyDeleteLooks tempting .
The poppu looks awesome on top and chaaru is all our favorite..very lovely pics..
ReplyDeletewow super aromatic and delicious charu :) makes me feel hungry , looks very inviting dear :) Awesome start for the mega marathon :)
ReplyDeleteDelicious and lovely looking toor daal rasam. Wonderfully prepared.
ReplyDeleteDeepa
I love the fflavors in this thicker version of rasam
ReplyDeletesuch a comforting and warming rasam!!
ReplyDeleteFlavorful recipe..loved the way u made this dear :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks very yumm and healthy.
ReplyDeletehealthy and comforting rasam
ReplyDeleteThat is quite a different rasam than we are all used to. Have noted it down!
ReplyDeleteToor dal rasam looks mouth watering . Very well preparation for first day ....
ReplyDeletePappu charu is just inviting me, wat a comforting food, whenever i think about Andhra dishes, Pappu charu will definitely hit my mind..Inviting.
ReplyDeleteIs it drumstick rasam? wow, very new to me. rasam/charu such a comfort food. i have made 2/3 rasams for this BM!!!
ReplyDeleteDelicious curry.....yummy side dish for rice....
ReplyDeletetotally love Pappu and Charu from Andhra... yummy !!
ReplyDeleteNice, Comforting Pappu Chaaru. I am sure my kids would love this with their rice.
ReplyDeleteLooks very inviting.Must try this out sometime :)
ReplyDeleteGreat start Sreevalli. That dal looks really good. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
ReplyDeleteWow love the flavours in this dish and the pics ! I had to tear myself away from the pics to read. Awesome.Waiting for the rest.
ReplyDeleteI am new to this type of thick rasam. Looks absolutely delicious. I could finish off the whole bowl...
ReplyDeletedelectable and what lovely presentation....lovely pictures
ReplyDeleteNice and comforting dish,love to have it woth rice and pappad....
ReplyDeleteComforting and flavourful chaaru.
ReplyDeleteTasty and comforting rasam.........goes well with steamed rice!!
ReplyDeleteComforting dish.. Taste wonderful with ghee and hot rice..
ReplyDeleteHearty and warm dish. Bookmarked!
ReplyDeleteJust love the comfort food.
ReplyDeletesorry dear i didn,t realized that i had commented from my husband's account.
ReplyDeleteToor dal rasam looks absolutely delicious !