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    Tomato Pappu Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Tomato pappu recipe or Andhra Tomato Dal is made with tomatoes, toor dal and spices which adds a tangy taste to the dal. This dal is perfect to mix with hot rice and ghee.

     

     

    Tomato Pappu Recipe

    Hope you all are getting ready to enjoy your weekend..I have just started to do it..Today we had an awesome breakfast with chapatti and green peas curry. It was delicious and good for my diet. I really loved it after 5 days of fruits and vegetables diet..The good impact from that diet is, it controlled my hunger and reduced my appetite, which is really great.

    Coming to today's recipe it is a healthy dal which is flavoured with tomatoes, cumin and all kinds of yummy stuffs. I can’t tell you how good it is for you. At the same time it taste heavenly.

    Ingredients for Tomato Pappu

    • Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu / Split Pigeon Peas – 1 cup
    • Tomatoes – 2 large chopped
    • Green Chilli – 1 slit
    • Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp
    • Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
    • Fenugreek Seeds / Methi / Vendayam – ½ tsp
    • Dry Red Chilli – 1
    • Curry leaves – 1 spring
    • Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
    • Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
    • Coriander Powder / Malli Podi– 1 tblspn
    • Tomato – 1 small chopped

    How to Make Tomato pappu

    1. Wash dal in several changes of water and let it soak for 15 mins.
    2. Now take in a pot and add water, tomatoes and green chilli and bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer for 20-25 mins until the dal is cooked completely..It should be completely mushy.
    3. Now add salt and mix well..Keep this in simmering..Adjust the water level if you need..
    4. Heat a tawa or kadai. Add oil in it. Add mustard seeds , cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, dry red chilli, curry leaves, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and tomatoes. Mix this for a min.
    5. Pour this seasoning over the dal and mix well.
    6. Let it simmer for 5 more minutes.
    7. Serve with a bed of rice or roti.

    If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.

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    • Tomato Pappu Recipe | Tomato Dal Recipe | How to Make Andhra Tomato Daal
    • Tomato Pappu Step by Step

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    Tomato Pappu Recipe | Tomato Dal Recipe | How to Make Andhra Tomato Daal

    Tomato pappu or Andhra Tomato Dal is made with tomatoes, toor dal and spices which adds a tangy taste to the dal. This dal is perfect to mix with hot rice and ghee.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Servings: 6 servings

    Ingredients

    • Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu / Split Pigeon Peas – 1 cup
    • Tomatoes – 2 large chopped
    • Green Chilli – 1 slit
    • Salt to taste
    • Water – 4 cups
    • For Seasoning:
    • Oil / Ghee – 1 tblspn
    • Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp
    • Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
    • Fenugreek Seeds / Methi / Vendayam – ½ tsp
    • Dry Red Chilli – 1
    • Curry leaves – 1 spring
    • Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
    • Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
    • Coriander Powder / Malli Podi– 1 tblspn
    • Tomato – 1 small chopped

    Instructions

    • Wash dal in several changes of water and let it soak for 15 mins.
    • Now take in a pot and add water, tomatoes and green chilli and bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer for 20-25 mins until the dal is cooked completely..It should be completely mushy.
    • Now add salt and mix well..Keep this in simmering..Adjust the water level if you need..
    • Heat a tawa or kadai. Add oil in it. Add mustard seeds , cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, dry red chilli, curry leaves, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and tomatoes. Mix this for a min.
    • Pour this seasoning over the dal and mix well.
    • Let it simmer for 5 more minutes.
    • Serve with a bed of rice or roti.

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    Tomato Pappu Step by Step

    Take all your ingredients
    Take dal, tomatoes and green chilli in a kadai
    add water
    bring it to a boil
    cover and simmer until cooked
    add salt
    and mix well
    now make seasoning..heat oil
    add mustard and cumin seeds
    in goes fenugreek seeds
    dry red chilli and curry leaves
    add turmeric powder
    chilli and coriander powder
    and mix well
    add tomatoes
    and toss well
    add it to the dal
    and mix well
    Serve
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    Comments

    1. Ashwin Baindur

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      Thanks for your easy and yummy recipes! Can you share your recipe for Parapu from snake gourd please? Thanks!

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    2. Kaveri

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      This tomato dal is one of our family favorites..would love to have with rice and a dollop of ghee

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    3. Meena

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      good one. somehow i didnt see this post up on my blog dashboard.

      and err aarthi what about khatai i mean no nimbu or is tomatoes enough for khatai.

      if so i would make this one and u used no onion or garlic.
      new variety of having dal

      good one aarthi

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    4. faseela

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      yummy kulambu

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    5. maha

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      my fav one..my mom is an expert in making this.......loved it

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    6. ANU

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      this is my all time fav though!:)

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    7. Deeksha

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      Dal looks very tempting. Yum Yum.

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    8. kanan

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      tomato dal looks delicious. I can smell aroma here.

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    9. Torviewtoronto

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      delicious looking flavourful dal

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    10. Preeti Garg

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      love this....healthy....yummy too

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    11. Hema

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      Wow, delicious kulambu Aarthi..

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    12. VineelaSiva

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      Its yummy and comforting dal.

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    13. Aarthi

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      @Meena

      Tomatoes have enough sourness to give for this dish...so no need to add any more sour agents...if you wish you can add a small squeeze of lemon juice...

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    14. The Yogi Vegetarian

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      Lovely dal recipe...bookmarked 😉

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    15. Gayathri Anand

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      Yummy Dhal ..would love to have it with hot rice or Chapathi

      Reply
    16. Anonymous

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      I'm not an expert when it comes to this. Didn't even know this was possible. Useful read, appreciate your posting this.
      Ahighbloodpressurediet.com

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    17. Anonymous

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      Your other two blohs "Colours of my Life" which is about me and my life... http://coloursofmylife-aarthi.blogspot.com/
      "Aarthi's Collections" which is a food blog.. http://aarthiscollection.blogspot.com/ are not working...

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    18. Aarthi

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      @AnonymousYes i have deleted those blogs

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    19. sugi

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      This is easy recipies.

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