Drumstick Dal Recipe | Munakkada Pappu
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
20 mins
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
Servings: 4
Calories: 364 kcal
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
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Clean yellow lentils and transfer to a pressure cooker.
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Add onions, tomatoes, coriander leaves, turmeric powder, red chillies, little oil and water.
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Pressure cook for 3-4 whistle blows so that all ingredients are mashed up while pressure cooking.
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Meanwhile, let’s prepare drumsticks. Put munakkada, salt and water and boil them till they turn soft.
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Once dal is cooked, add salt, red chilli powder and mulakkada along with stock in a pressure cooker and keep aside.
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In pan heat oil, add mustard and cumin seeds.
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Once mustard seeds start spluttering add moong dal, crushed garlic, curry leaves and dry red chillies.
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Put temper into Munakkada Pappu and garnish with coriander leaves.