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South Indian Paruppu Kuzhambu Recipe – Basic South Indian Dal Recipe

July 18, 2015 By Aarthi 6 Comments

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When we think of India,mainly south india the thing which gets into your mind is dal. India is known for their different types of dal. Dals are one of the staple dish all over india. Dals are prepared different ways in different region. In south india they use lot of curry leaves and tamarind for sour taste,In the north they use lots of onions and tomato for sour taste….This dish is very easy and simple dish to make.

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This is one of the basic dal in south india.This is really very mild and flavourful dal recipe,Since it is so mild in taste it goes extremely well with the spicy potato chettinad…So please give this a go and let me know what you think.

Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 25 to 30 mins
Serves : 4

Ingredients:
Toor Dal – 1/2 cup
Tomato-1 chopped
Garlic – 4 cloves peeled
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1 tsp
Water – 1.5 cup
Salt-to taste
Coriander leaves- a handful finely chopped

For Grinding:
Coconut – 1/2 cup
Green chilli -2
Cumin seeds / Jeerakam -1 tsp

For Seasoning:
Ghee or Oil -1 tblspn
Mustard seeds – 1tsp

Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya podi – 1/4 tsp

Curry Leaves – 1 sprig
Method:
Take the grinding ingredients in a mixer and grind it into a smooth paste.
Wash toor dal well. Take dal, water, tomato, garlic, turmeric powder in a pressure cooker. Cover and pressure cook for 3 whistle. Turn off the flame and let the steam go all by itself. 

Now open the cooker and mash the dal roughly.

Add in the ground paste and mix well.Let it come to a boil again.Season with salt.
Now in a small pan,Heat ghee and add in the mustard seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves.Now pour this tadka into the dal and mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice.

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Pictorial:
First lets make the masala..Take coconut in a blender
add in green chillies
and cumin seeds
make it into a smooth paste
Now take washed toor dal in a pressure cooker
cover with water, add in garlic
and some tomatoes
add in turmeric powder
cover and pressure cooker
now dal is cooked
mash it roughly
add in ground masala
mix well
add in salt
simmer for few mins
heat oil or ghee in a pan
add in mustard seeds
add in asafoetida
and some curry leaves
fry them and pour it into the dal
mix well
add in lots of chopped coriander leaves
Mix well
Serve

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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Anonymous

    July 1, 2015 at 2:50 pm

    Fantastic Recipe! I tried it out last night, and it was absolutely delicious. Very simple to make.
    Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
  2. Mumtaz begum

    September 3, 2015 at 7:07 pm

    Plz tell me How to prepare snake guard dal

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  3. Anonymous

    June 1, 2016 at 10:35 am

    Looks delicious. Going to cook this now!!

    Reply
  4. Unknown

    January 28, 2017 at 6:32 am

    Thanks for the delicious taste

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  5. Anonymous

    April 17, 2017 at 3:42 pm

    Just awesome

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  6. Nithya Veena Venkat

    May 3, 2017 at 7:25 pm

    I learnt to cook with the help of your recipes. They are easy to make and pictorial description makes cooking fun. Thank u akka

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