Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, beerakaya pappu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Beerakaya pappu is a andhra style dal recipe made with ridge gourd, tomatoes, toor dal & spices. Beerakaya translates to ridge gourd and pappu to dal or lentils. So beerakaya pappu is nothing but ridge gourd cooked with dal.

Beerakaya Pappu is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Beerakaya Pappu is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook beerakaya pappu using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Beerakaya Pappu:

1. Make ready 1/2 cup Tuvar dal (Pigeon pea lentil). soaked for 30 minutes
2. Take 2 cups Turai (Ridge gourd), chopped
3. Prepare 1 tomato, chopped
4. Take 1 onion, chopped
5. Get 1-2 green chilies, chopped
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
7. Prepare 2 tbsp. oil
8. Make ready 1-2 dry red chilies
9. Make ready 1 tsp. mustard seeds
10. Get 1 tsp. urad dal (split black gram)
11. Take 3-4 garlic cloves, chopped
12. Get 1 sprig curry leaves
13. Get pinch asafoetida
14. Get 1 tsp. roasted coriander powder
15. Prepare 1/2 tsp. roasted cumin powder
16. Take 1/2-1 tsp. red chilli powder
17. Prepare to taste salt
18. Prepare 1/4 cup tamarind juice
19. Get 1 tsp. coriander leaves to garnish

Pappu is referred to as dal and the dal used in this recipe is toor dal/toovar dal and into it cooked beerakaya is added. Beerakaya Pappu is a traditional dal from Andhra made with Ridge gourd and lentils. This is a comfort dal served with steamed rice along with Avakaya Pickle. When we talk about Beerakaya Pappu, I will always remember how it has been since the time I was married and how this dal was made at home.

Instructions to make Beerakaya Pappu:

1. Pressure cook the soaked lentil with turmeric powder, chopped ridge gourd, onion, tomato, green chilies and 1 & 1/2 cups water for 4-5 whistles. Mash well and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan & temper with mustard seeds & dry red chilies. After it stops spluttering, add the garlic, urad dal, asafoetida & curry leaves. Saute for a few seconds.
3. Add coriander powder, cumin powder & red chilli powder. Give it a stir.
4. Add the boiled dal, tamarind & salt. Simmer on a low flame for 2-3 minutes.
5. When done, switch off the flame and add coriander leaves.
6. Serve with hot steamed rice.

Beerakaya Gatti Pappu is a thick dal made with toor and ridge gourd. You can serve as a side dish or can be mixed with rice. A traditional Andhra dal, this is a very delicious one to enjoy. Today is our final day of the Mega BM themed on Thalis and Platters. Serve beerakaya pappu with urinamirapakaya/curd chillies.

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