Mullangi Pappu | White Radish Dal

Dals are common in every Indian household and they are packed with proteins and very light. mullangi is usually called as mooli, muraai in hindi and radish in english. The dal made with this veggie tastes delicious and goes well with rice and other vegetable curries. My way of making dal at home is super simple with very few ingredients.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup Toor dal/Kandhi pappu

1 cup Mullangi/ white radish pieces

lemon size tamarind

1 medium onion

2 springs curry leaves

2 green chilles

1/2 tsp turmeric

salt to taste

1 tsp mustard seeds

1/2 tsp jeera

1/2 tsp urad dal

2,3 cloves of garlic

pinch of hing

oil 3 tbsp

Instructions

1. Wash the dals and put them in the pressure cooker
2. Add chopped mullangi/radish, tamarind, chopped onion, chopped green chillies, turmeric, salt, and add enough water( 2 cups ).
3. Pressure cook them until 3 whistles, now off the flame.
4. Wait until the pressure goes.
5. Now remove the whistle and lid, mash the dal with wooden masher.
6. Now take another small pan, heat the oil, add mustard seeds when it starts spluttering, add jeera, urad dal, crushed garlic, curry leaves and hing.
7. Now add these tempering to dal
8. Adjust the taste of dal, by adding salt, red chilli powder as u like. (add water if any required)
9. Now keep the cooker on low flame, let it cook for 10 min more.
10. Switch off the flame and serve hot with rice /rotis.