Name: Drumstick Dal Recipe | Munakkada Pappu
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: Mulakkada/ drumsticks – 2 no.; Kandipappu/ toor dal/ Yellow lentil – 2 cups; Water – required quantity; Onions – 1 cup; Green chilies – 4 no.; Tomatoes – 1 large bowl; Coriander leaves – ¼ bowl; Oil – 2 tbsp.; Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp.; Salt - 1½ tbsp.; Red chili powder – ½ tbsp.; Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp. (to garnish); Oil – 2 tbsp.; Mustard seeds – ½ tbsp.; Cumin seeds/ jeera – ¼ tbsp.; Moong dal – 1 tbsp.; Garlic cloves – 15 no. (crushed); Dry red chilies – 5 no. (small size); Curry leaves – 2 tbsp.

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Drumstick Dal Recipe or Munakkada Pappu is one of the Andhra Style dal recipes with step by step image instructions along with essential tips.

South India is famous for its dal recipes whether it is sambar or mudda pappu they like to have protein-packed recipes.

Instead of making plain dal, it’s a good idea to add drumsticks in dal to make it nutritional as they help in increasing digestive power, help aid diabetic patients and build stronger bones.

Choosing the right drumsticks is important to have a good experience while chewing them. Based on the location they may vary in flavor. Many of us suggest we need to choose thin and tender variants, but I suggest thick and tender.

In many cases when we choose thick munakkada, we end up choosing mature ones. To choose tender we need to squeeze, the tender version is elastic and do not break.

As our version is not sambar recipe, it’s a good idea to make thick version. This goes well with both steam rice as well as Indian bread like chapati or pulka.

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TIPS to make perfect Drumstick Dal Recipe:

Tender drumsticks usually give a good taste, so while selecting check them by squeezing, if they break they are not tender.
When tender drumsticks are overcooked, they tend to split so be careful.
If you have chosen to cook hard drumsticks then they have to be cooked separately.
When hard drumsticks are cooked, cook till their edges start splitting. Overcooking may ruin our recipe.
While cooking dal adding a pinch of turmeric powder and oil will make it cook faster.
If dal is cooked for extra a whistle, they become soft so that we need not mash it.

Drumstick Dal Recipe | Munakkada Pappu

Drumstick Dal Recipe or Munakkada Pappu is one of the Andhra Style dal recipes with step by step image instructions along with essential tips.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Andhra, Indian

Keyword Drumstick Dal Recipe, Munakkada Pappu

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 364 kcal

Author Uppada Lakshmi

Ingredients

Measurement: 1 cup = 200 ml.

Mulakkada/ drumsticks – 2 no.
Kandipappu/ toor dal/ Yellow lentil – 2 cups
Water – required quantity
Onions – 1 cup
Green chilies – 4 no.
Tomatoes – 1 large bowl
Coriander leaves – ¼ bowl
Oil – 2 tbsp.
Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp.
Salt – 1½ tbsp.
Red chili powder – ½ tbsp.
Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp. to garnish

Temper Ingredients:

Oil – 2 tbsp.
Mustard seeds – ½ tbsp.
Cumin seeds/ jeera – ¼ tbsp.
Moong dal – 1 tbsp.
Garlic cloves – 15 no. crushed
Dry red chilies – 5 no. small size
Curry leaves – 2 tbsp.

Instructions

Clean yellow lentils and transfer to a pressure cooker.
Add onions, tomatoes, coriander leaves, turmeric powder, red chillies, little oil and water.
Pressure cook for 3-4 whistle blows so that all ingredients are mashed up while pressure cooking.
Meanwhile, let’s prepare drumsticks. Put munakkada, salt and water and boil them till they turn soft.
Once dal is cooked, add salt, red chilli powder and mulakkada along with stock in a pressure cooker and keep aside.
In pan heat oil, add mustard and cumin seeds.
Once mustard seeds start spluttering add moong dal, crushed garlic, curry leaves and dry red chillies.
Put temper into Munakkada Pappu and garnish with coriander leaves.

Recipe Video

How to make Munakkada Pappu Recipe:

1. In a vessel, add 2 cups of yellow lentils and add an appropriate quantity of water to clean dal.

2. Transfer above dal in a pressure cooker and add onions, red chilies and tomatoes.

Put dal in a pressure cooker and add onions, red chilies and tomatoes

3. Continue adding coriander leaves, 2 tbsp. oil, ½ tbsp. turmeric powder and 2 glass full water.

add coriander leaves, 2 tbsp. oil, ½ tbsp. turmeric powder and 2 glass full water

4. Usually, three whistle blows are required to cook dal, an extra whistle blow will make dal soft which do not require mashing it.
5. In another vessel, add drumsticks, glass full water, ½ tbsp. salt and boil by covering with a lid till they turn soft.