Tomato Pappu

Recipe:

• ½ cup toor dal and 1½ cups of water
• 1 big ripe tomato - cut to chunks
• 1 small onion - cut to chunks
• 6-8 green chillies - finely chopped
• ¼ tsp turmeric and marble-sized tamarind

- Take them all in a pressure cooker and cook until the dal reaches fall apart stage. Usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes in a pressure cooker. Once the valve pressure is released, remove the lid and add about half teaspoon of salt. Mix and mash the dal to soft consistency with a wood masher.
In a separate vessel, do the popu or tadka (toasting cumin, mustard seeds, curry leaves etc in oil). Add the mashed tomato dal to the popu. Mix and serve hot with rice or with chapati.