DAL CURRY RECIPE | PARUPPU KUZHAMBU RECIPE | STARTUP COOKING

DAL CURRY | PARUPPU KUZHAMBU | STARTUP COOKING

Paruppu kuzhambu or andhra dal curry is a simple south Indian dal dish, which is healthy, protein rich and easy to make. This is one pot curry that can be prepared under 20 minutes using a pressure cooker. This recipe is our family traditional recipe, we used to cook every week. This dal curry is very delicious when mixed with hot rice and a tsp of ghee on top. 

If you are looking for a simple kuzhambu recipe without vegetable or coconut to prepare during busy morning hours, this paruppu kuzhambu is the best choice. This dish would be helpful for bachelors and working women. Follow my step by step photo recipe to prepare Paruppu Kuzhambu. Please do try and post your comments.

 

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RECIPE FOR PARUPPU KUZHAMBU

Course        : Main

Cuisine       : South India

Author        : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time   : 5 min

Cook Time  : 15 min

Total Time  : 20 min

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INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup toor dal

• 1/2 onion (roughly chopped)

• 1/2 tomato (roughly chopped)

• 1 garlic

• 1 inch piece of tamarind

• 1/8 tsp turmeric powder

• 1 tsp red chilli powder

• 1/4 tsp hing (asafoetida)

• salt as needed

• water as needed

• 1 1/2 tbsp sesame oil

• 1 tsp thalippu vadagam (sun dried onion seasoning vadagam)

• 1 spring curry leaves

VIDEO RECIPE

PROCEDURE

• in a small bowl, add toor dal, rinse well with running water

• now add roughly chopped onion, tomato, garlic, tamarind, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, hing, salt and water 

• mix well and close with lid

• place the bowl in the pressure cooker and pressure cook for 5 whistles

• blend the dal using hand blender or mixer grinder

• heat oil in a cast iron pan and temper with thalippu vadagam and then add curry leaves

• saute for few seconds and then switch off the flame

• now add this seasoning mix into the cooked dal

• mix well and allow the mixture to boil for 1-2 minutes and then switch off the flame

• serve hot with rice on top with a tsp of ghee and appalam

• this recipe is simple and delicious

• Enjoy!

NOTES

• you can also do seasoning with a tsp of ghee instead of oil
• adjust spice level according to your taste, here i used spicy variety of chilli powder
• if you dont have thalippu vadagam, season with mustard seeds, urad dal, cumin seeds and hing

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DAL CURRY STEP-BY-STEP PHOTO RECIPE

Take toor dal in a small vessel

wash thoroughly with water

add roughly chopped onion

add roughly chopped tomato

add garlic

add tamarind

add turmeric powder

add red chilli powder

add water as needed to soak toor dal

add salt

mix well

close with lid

pressure cook for 5 whistles

dal ready

blend well using hand blender

blended well

heat oil in a cast iron wok

add thalipu vadagam

add curry leaves

seasoning ready

add seasoning into dal mixture

allow the curry to boil for 1-2 minutes and then switch off the flame

serve hot with steamed rice with appalam 

Paruppu Kuzhambu