Gongura pappu

INGREDIENTS 

• ¾ cup toor dal 
• 1 cup gongura leaves chopped 
• 1 onion medium
• 6 green chili slit 
• 1 pinch turmeric

Seasoning

• Oil or ghee as needed
• ½ tsp cumin
• ¼ tsp mustard
• 2 Red chili broken
• 1 to 2 garlic pods
• 1 sprig curry leaves
• Salt as needed
• 2 Curd chilies 

Preparation 

• Wash dal and cook with 2 cups of water until smooth or for 2 to 3 whistles.
  

  
• Soak gongura leaves in salted water for some time. Wash them and drain aside.
  

  
• When the pressure goes off, open the lid and mash the dal if you desire smooth dal. Chop gongura finely, slice onions, slit chilli and add them to the dal along with salt.
  

  
• Cook until the leaves are fully cooked.Heat a pan with ghee or oil. Add cumin, mustard, garlic and red chili, curd chili. when the spices begin to splutter, add curry leaves .
  

  
  Switch off the stove and pour this to the dal.