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(Serves three)
Ingredients:
One bunch of fresh fenugreek(Menthi Kura) - washed and leaves plucked
1 cups of Toor dal(Kandi pappu)
1 tomato
2 green chillies -halved
Small lemon sized tamarind
1/4 tsp of turmeric
Salt to taste
Popu/Seasoning/thiragamaatha/tadka :
1 tsp of oil , mustard seeds, cumin and urad dal
Few curry leaves
Pinch of hing powder
Preparation:
Cook dal: In a pressure cooker, take toor dal, fenugreek leaves, tomato, green chillies, and turmeric -one and half cups of water and pressure cook them till 3 whistles. When the valve pressure is all released, remove the lid, add tamarind, half teaspoon of salt and cook for 2 more minutes.
Popu: In a laddle heat one teaspoon of oil, 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.
