Dhal Papad Curry

Dhal Papad Curry is an main course recipe made with channa dhal and papad. It makes good combo with rice and chapati.

Papad Curry

Ingredients: Serve- 4

• Papad  - 15
• Channa dhal – 1 cup
• Water – 2 glass
• Oil – as required for frying
• Mustard seeds – ½tspn
• Cloves– 4
• Cinnamon – small inch
• Cumin seeds – 1/2tspn
• Garlic – 5 pieces
• Curry leaves –as required
• Coriander leaves –as required
• Coconut  -  small piece
• Onion – 3 (medium size)
• Tomato – 2 (small)
• Turmeric powder – 1/4tspn
• Red chilly powder – 2tspn
• Coriander powder – 1/2tspn
• Salt – 1tspn(adjust to taste)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Dhal Papad Curry:

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Method:

1. Wash and soak channa dhal for 10 minutes.
2. Take pressure cooker add soaked channa dhal, turmeric powder, onion, tomato, garlic pieces, 1 glass of water. (figure 1& 2)
3. Close the lid and cook for 3 vessels in medium flame.(figure 3)
4. Mean while, take a mixer add coconut pieces, cumin seeds, 2 garlic pieces and make a smooth paste by adding little water.(figure 4)
5.  Now open the cooker slowly, mash the dhal add 1 glass of water, red chilly powder, salt, coriander powder and cook for 5 minute in medium flame.(figure 5)
6. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame add mustard seeds wait for crackle then add cinnamon, cloves, curry leaves, saute for 1 minute and transfer into the dhal.(figure 6 & 7)
7. Take the paste prepared in 3rd step and add into dhal, close the lid and cook for 5 minutes in medium flame. (figure 8 & 9)
8. Mean while, take a pan heat oil for deep fry, add papad and roast until its color change to golden brown. (figure 10)
9. Add roasted papad into the curry and cook for 1 more minute. (figure 11)
10. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve in a bowl.  (figure 12)

Spicy and tasty dhal papad curry is now ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step 4, mash the dhal half way and not fully. i.e. have a look at the figure 12, you can see few dhal half broker and not fully mashed.