Dosakaya Pappu - Dal with yellow cucumber

The dosakaya pappu or the dal with yellow cucumber can be served with hot steaming rice or with chapathi.  We can also prepare Dosa Avakaya or Dosakaya Pachadi using the yellow cucumber.  It hardly takes around 25 to 30 minutes to prepare the Dosakaya Pappu.  One good way to show affectin to our loved ones is to serve them with a dal dish which has dosakaya in it . Dosakaya pappu is a classic Andhra pappu kura that is packed with nutrition with an irresistible flavour.  This is one of the high protein dish!  Now let us see how to make Dosakaya Pappu..

Ingredients required :

• Tur Dal ( Kandi Pappu )  --  1 cup
• Dosakaya ( yellow cucumber )  - 1 or 1 1/2 
• Chopped Onion -  1 no
• Chopped tomato ( optional )  - 1 no
• Turmeric powder -  a big pinch
• Green chillies slit lengthwise -  3 to 4 nos
• Chopped ginger -  1/2 tbsp
• Water -  2 cups
• Salt to taste

For seasonng /popu :

• Mustard seeds -  1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds -  1/2 tbsp
• Garlic cloves crushed -  3 to 4 nos
• Oil  -   2 tbsp
• Fresh curry leaves -  12 to 14 nos
• Dry red chillies de-seed and tear -  2 or 3 nos

Method of preparation of Dosakaya Pappu:

• Put Dosakaya mukkalu ( cubed pieces ), dal, onions, tomatoes, green chillies, ginger and turmeric powder in a pressure cooker.  
• Add 2 cups of water to above mixture and pressure cook for 3 whistles.  Cook till dal is cooked
• Now heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel, add mustard seeds and as they splutter, add cumin seeds, garlic, red chillies and curry leaves and stir fry for few seconds
• Add this to the cooked dal and combine well.  Cook on  a slow flame for few minutes till you get the consistency of your choice.

Now the Dosakaya Pappu is ready to serve.  Serve this dosakaya pappu with hot steaming rice and a dollop of ghee.

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