Menthi Pappu

Ingredients

• • Red chillies - 7
• • Fenugreek seeds - 2 teaspoons
• • Thuar dal - 1 cup
• • Tamarinds (soaked & extracted) - a little
• • Onions (finely cut) - 2 tablespoons
• • Salt - as required
• • Oil (for frying) - as required

Method

• 1. Heat little oil, add broken red chillies, fenugreek seeds and fry for a minute.
• 2. Add thuar dal, fry for a minute and add enough water.
• 3. Cook in medium flame stirring constantly till dal becomes soft.
• 4. Fry onions separately and add to dal along with tamarind extract and salt.
• 5. Boil for another minute. Serve with cooked rice.

Variations

• • Omit fenugreek, add black pepper and follow the above procedure.
• • Omit fenugreek, add small onions, tomato, any other vegetable. Add it when dal is half cooked.