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Preparation:
Ingredients
150 grams spinach 1/4 cup toor dal 1/4 moong dal 3 cup water 1 tsp sambar powder 1 tablespoon ghee 3 Green chilli 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon cumin seeds Hing Few fenugreek seeds 3 red chilli
How to make keerai Pappu with step by step pictures
Soak both dal for one hour
Furthermore Add 1+ 1/2 cup of water, 1/8 teaspoon of turmeric powder, and pressure cook for 3 whistles
Add 1/2 tablespoon of ghee to the pan and 1 tablespoon of garlic and saute till they turn brown
Add onion and green chilli; saute till onions turn translucent
Add spinach and mix well Furthermore, add sugar and salt and saute for 1 minute
Add cooked dal, sambar powder, 1 + 1/2 cup of water, 1/2 teaspoon of tamarind paste, and mix well
Cook for 5 minutes, mix well in between
Add hing, mix well and cook for a minute and turn off the stove
In a small tadka pan add ghee and when ghee is hot add mustard seeds, fenugreek seed, cumin seeds, red chilli, and let them splutter
Transfer the tadka to the pappu and serve hot
How to make one-pot keerai pappu
Pressure Cooker:
Add ghee to the pressure cooker. When the ghee is hot, add ingredients under “to temper”, let them crackle. Add onions and garlic, saute for 1 minute. Add spinach, soaked toor and moong dal, turmeric powder, sambar powder, tamarind, and salt; combine well. Saute for a minute
Add water and cook for 3 whistles
Once the pressure releases, Serve with white rice or hot Rotis
Instant Pot:
In sauté mode add ghee to the Instant Pot. When the ghee is hot, add the ingredients given under “to temper” let it splutter Add onions and garlic, give a quick stir. Add spinach, soaked toor and moong dal, turmeric powder, sambar powder coriander powder, tamarind, and salt; combine well. Saute for a minute Add water and give a quick stir
Change the Instant pot to manual mode and set 18 minutes in high temperature. Open the Instant pot after the pressure is released. Serve with white rice or hot Rotis
