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paruppu kuzhambhu | dhal
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paruppu | dhal

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: South Indian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For pressure cooking dhal:
  • 1 cup Toor dhal
  • 1 onion (chopped)
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 2 green chilly (chopped)
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp ghee
  • 3 cup water
For seasoning:
  • ¼ cup coriander leaves (chopped)
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp urad dhal
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • 1 garlic (crushed)
  • 1 Kashmiri Red chilly
  • few curry leaves
  • a pinch Asafoetida

Method
 

For pressure cooking dhal:
  1. Firstly, rinse the dhal twice, drain off the water completely
  2. Secondly, In a pressure cooker, add in dhal, chopped onion, chopped tomato, chopped garlic, turmeric powder and, ghee
  3. Thirdly, Pour 3 cups of water, mix well
  4. cover with the lid, pressure cook the dal for 7 whistles in medium flame
  5. After pressure releases, open the lid, stir it with lid
  6. Add the required quantity of salt
  7. bring into boil
  8. Finally, Add ¼ cup of coriander leaves, mix well, turn off the flame
For seasoning:
  1. Heat 1 tbsp of sesame oil
  2. Splutter ½ tsp of mustard seeds, cumin, urad dhal, ¼ tsp of pepper, crushed garlic, 1 Kashmiri red chili,
    and then turn off the flame, now add few curry leaves, A pinch of asafoetida,
  3. Pour this mixture into the dhal and mix well, It is done
  4. Serve this paruppu with rice with the dash of ghee