BACHALI KOORA SENAGA PAPPU

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INGREDIENTS

Chana dal – 1 cup washed and soaked for 1/2 an hour

Finely chopped bachali koora – 4 cups washed and keep it aside.

Medium size onions -2 cut into 2 pieces

Green chillies – 3 slit

Water – 4 cups

Tamarind juice- 4 tbsp semi thick liquid

Jaggery – 3/4 cup to 1 cup according to your taste

Red chilli powder – 2 tsp

Salt – 1 tbsp

Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

Talimpu

Ghee – 2tbsp

Oil – 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp

Urad dal – 1/4 tsp

Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp

Garlic – 6 mashed

Dry red chillies – 8 pieces

Curry leaves – 1/4 cup

If you want to cook this recipe in karthika masam for puja, you can avoid onions and garlic.

Method

1. Boil senagapappu with 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker on high flame for 1 whistle.
2. Reduce flame to low and cook for 4 minutes and switch off the flame.
3. Allow the pressure to release. Add washed bachali koora, onions, green chillies and 2 cups of water.
4. At this stage, if you want to add kanda [yam] pieces, you can add.
5. Pressure cook on high flame for 1 whistle and reduce flame to low.
6. Cook for 6 to 8 minutes and switch off the flame. Allow the pressure to release.
7. Add tamarind juice, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and jaggery.
8. Mix well and bring it to a boil. Cook on medium flame for 5 minutes.
9. Meanwhile, heat ghee and oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
10. Add all the remaning ingredients one by one. Fry for few seconds and add cooked dal over talimpu. Mix well.
11. Adjust seasoning and cook till the water evaporates.
12. Dal should be semi liquid. Serve with hot rice and ghee. Adjust sweetness according to your taste.