Tomato Pesarapappu/Tomato Moongdal Curry

Moongdal is known as Pesara pappu in Telugu, and my today's recipe is a Andhra style tomato curry cooked with yellow moongdal. This tomato pesarapappu is a comforting dal which can be served as side dish along with rice or else simply with Indian style of flatbreads. This dal is a super easy dish to prepare as you just need a pressure cooker and a kadai. How simple na, yes cook the dal with turmeric powder, and temper it along with sauteed onions and tomatoes. Yellow moong dal is definitely a nutritious dal with dietary fiber in it. Extremely protein rich, moongdal is often cooked in my cooking. As this yellow moongdal are easy to cook, you can dish out many delicious dishes out of it quickly with less efforts.

We finished our weekday lunch with this Tomato pesarapappu with papads, boiled eggs and some garlic pickle. Trust me this curry tastes simply delicious with hot piping rice topped with ghee. Simply flavored with ginger and garlic, this lipsmacking dal will definitely become your favourite dal. Am running this week's blogging marathon with Lentils salad and sides, obviously this comforting dal goes for this week's theme.

1/2cup Moong dal/Pesarapappu /Pasi paruppu

1no Onion (chopped)

3nos Tomatoes (chopped)

1no Green chilli (slit opened)

1inch Ginger (chopped)

4 Garlic cloves

1 Dry red chilli

1/2tsp Mustard seeds

1/2tsp Cumin seeds 

1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

1/2tsp Red chilli powder

A few curry leaves

Salt

Oil

Pressure cook moong dal with turmeric powder and enough water till it turns mushy.

Heat oil in a pan. Let splutters the mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves.

Now add the dry red chilli and add chopped onions, green chilli, garlic and ginger, saute until the onions turns transculent.

Add the chopped tomatoes along with salt and red chilli powder, cook until the tomatoes turns mushy.

Finally add the cooked moong dal, add enough water, cook until the dal turns bit thick.

Sprinkle some chopped coriander leaves and put off the stove.

Serve hot with rice and papads.

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