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Sorakaya Pappu, How to Make Sorakaya Pappu Recipe, Lauki Chana Dal
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
45 mins
 

Sorakaya Pappu Recipe or Anapakaya Pappu or Lauki dal is one of the traditional Andhra dal recipes made with bottle gourd and yummy dal. 

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Andhra, Indian
Keyword: How to Make Sorakaya Pappu Recipe, Lauki Chana Dal, Sorakaya Pappu
Servings: 6
Calories: 860 kcal
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
Ingredients – Measurement: 1 cup = 200ml.
  • Sorakaya – 250 gms.
  • Toor dal/ Kandi pappu – 2 cups
  • Onions – 1 cup
  • Green chillies – 4 no.
  • Tomatoes – 1 large bowl
  • Coriander leaves – 3 tbsp.
  • Oil – 2 tbsp.
  • Water – 500 ml. to put in dal extra water required to clean dal
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp.
  • Red chilli powder – 1 tbsp.
  • Salt – 1 ½ tbsp.
Tempering:
  • Ghee – 2 tbsp.
  • Chana dal – 1 tbsp.
  • Moong dal – 1 tbsp.
  • Mustard seeds – ½ tbsp.
  • Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp.
  • Garlic cloves – 15 no.
  • Dry red chillies – 4 no.
  • Curry leaves – 2 tbsp.
  • Hing/ Asafetida – a pinch
Instructions
  1. Boil bottle gourd by adding required quantity of water with the lid closed.
Tip: Bottle gourd doesn’t take much time to cook so make sure that they don’t get overcooked.
  1. On another hand, clean toor dal and add onions, tomatoes, green chillies, coriander leaves, turmeric powder, 1 tbsp oil and 500 ml. water to dal.
Tip: Adding oil and turmeric powder will make dal cook faster.
Tip: As we are adding more quantity of tomatoes we need not add tamarind pulp if you are planning to add tamarind then adjust tomatoes accordingly.
  1. Close the lid of pressure cooker and cook for 3 whistles.
  2. Put bottle gourd pieces along with its stock into dal and sprinkle salt and red chilli powder.
  3. Cook further on low flame so that even anapakaya absorbs the flavour of dal.
  4. While dal is being cooked let us prepare temper.
  5. In a kadai, heat ghee and when it starts melting add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chana dal, moong dal and garlic cloves and sauté for a while.
  6. Add hing and drop anapakaya pappu and mix all ingredients.
  7. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
  8. Sorakaya pappu goes well when accompanied with papad and plain white rice.

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