Friday, February 5, 2010

తోట కూర కంది పప్పు- Tota kura kandi pappu- Amaranth greens with split pigeon peas



Preparation time :
౩౦ mins
(Serves 2)



Ingredients

1 bunch of fresh thota kura
1 cup toor dal(kandi pappu)
1 medium sized onion(vullipaaya)
2-3 green chillies
1 big marble sized tamarind(chintapandu)
1/4 tsp turmeric
salt to taste

Popu/Seasoning/thiragamaatha/tadka :

1 tsp of oil
mustard seeds (aavalu)
cumin seeds (jeela karra))
urad dal (minapappu)
Few curry leaves (karivepaaku)
Pinch of hing powder (inguva)

Method

1 Wash and chop the leaves.
2 Cut the chillies, onions in lengthwise.
3 Add 2 cups of water and pressure cook toor dal, leaves,onions and chillies till whistles.
4 After the valve pressure is released add salt,tamarind paste and cook for 2-3 mins.

Popu: Heat oil in a pan, add the remaining popu or tadka ingredients. Saute till the seeds start crackling.
Add popu to the cooked dal, stir well and cover. Tastes great with rice and chapati.


Variations : We can also add tomatoes to this preparation. If you like it little spicy then add red chilly powder as per your taste.

9 comments:

  1. Pinniiiiiiii!
    champaystunnaavu:)
    ila ayithe maymu siggu tho, aakali tho, aasa tho, FINISH !!

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  2. btw the way!!
    WHAT YOU GET THOTAKURA IN USA??
    what's it called here?

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  3. and I even add fried velliullipayi. Its been years since I ate this, really miss it, my childhood favourite. do you get it in Portland?

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  4. @KK ya nenu kuda thotakura ki peru chustunnanu.
    detroit lo Papajoes lo ayite enchoy ani vunnadi peru. manaki indian store lo thotakura ane rastunnadu. ikkada garden leaves ani namadiri transilate chesi rasaadu.

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  5. @vinee nuvvu na burelu chudaleda?

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  6. pinni I saw your burelu, but you know how scared I am of all pindi things, you said "mix thinner than idli pindi", so I got scared, because you know my story of thicker/thinner/etc :-D

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  7. @vinee andhukane nenu pindi garitatho postu kuda chupinchanu. ninnu manasulo vunchukone adi alachesanu. video kuda chesanu kaani adi koncham lengthy ga vunnaduvalla pettleka poyamu. kalyani is trying.

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  8. @Manju pinni,
    so sweet of you pinni, mee blog entries chaala useful naaku, na exam apoyinaaka anni try chestaanu, feedback istaanu meeku ;-)

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  9. Pinni,
    Srikanth's sis lives in Washington, nenu tanaki mana blog gurinchi cheppanu. Ee pappu try chesindita ninna, chala bagundita. Wow!!! not only us, many are getting benefited:) thanks pinni for such wonderful authentic recipes..........more to learn from you...

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