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Andhra Pappu Charu | Shallot Sambar | Andhra Munakkaya Sambar

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Andhra style pappu charu is a simple sambar prepared with drumstick and shallots.The tiny shallots cooked in tamarind water and lentils gives a nice different yummy taste to the sambar..Also the smell of tender drumsticks gets spread across the dish and make you totally fall over for it.We call it pappu charu in telugu and no need to add any ground masals or sambar powders in this version
It is also called Munakkada Sambar. Relish and tickle your taste buds with this yummy andhra style chinna ullipaya sambar(shallot sambar).

When mixed with hot rice and ghee you will see the peaks of heaven once you taste the first spoon of it 🙂 Let me know once you try this


Preparation Time – under 60 mins.
Serves – 5

Ingredients:

  • Split yellow lentils or Thoor dal – 1 1/2 cup
  • Shallots or small onions – 100 gms
  • Green chilli slit – 2
  • Drumstick chopped into 1 inch pieces – 2
  • Tamarind – 1 big lemon sized
  • Tomato chopped – 2
  • Red chilli powder – 1 1/2 tbsp
  • Turmeric – 1/2 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil – 4 tbsp

For tempering:

  • Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Curry leaves – 1 spring
  • Dried red chilli – 2
  • Oil – 1 tbsp
  • Hinge – 1 pinch

Method:

  • Soak the lentils in water for an hour which helps reduce the cooking time of it.
  • Then add double the amount of water and pressure cook it until 3 whistles.Keep it aside.
  • Soak the tamarind for 1 hour in two cups of water.If you dont have time microwave it and it should   get soften soon.
  • Boil the drumstick pieces in hot water for 5 min or microwave it and keep them aside.
  • Heat oil in a thick bottomed vessel and start frying the whole onions.
  • Add green chillies and drumsticks and saute for a minute.
  • Add in tomatoes and adjust salt and turmeric.Let it cook for 10 minutes on low flame.
  • Meanwhile mash the tamrind well and squeeze the pulp out of it.Tamarind juice is ready now.
  • Pour this over the vggies and boil on high flame for 5 min.
  • Mash the cooked lentils and add it.If you need more content adjust the water accordingly.I wanted it to be thick and hence I added water double the amount of dal apart from the tamarind water.
  • Boil it on low flame with half covered lid for 20 mins.Add red chilli powder and boil again for 10 minutes.Adjust salt and sprinkle coriander leaves,switch off the flame.
  • Heat oil in a kadai and mke tempering with all the ingredients mentioned.Pout it over hot sambar and serve hot.

Pictorial:

Line up your veggis and cooked dal

Start frying onions

and then add drumsticks and chillis

Add in tomatoes 

and cook for a while adjusting salt and turmeric powder

Sueeze the juice out of tamrind

And pour it over the cooked veggies and boil for 5 mins

Add in the mashed dal and boil for 20 mins on low flame

Adjust red chillie powder and coil boil boil until done

Sprinkle coriander

And now done

Can you see it complete?

Tada..tempering ready to be poured over the sambar

Tip 1: Please do not add any other vegetables in this version as you will miss the real taste of this pappu chaaru:)

Tip 2: Serve this with hot rice and simple papad to enjoy completely

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Siri is a full time IT professional interested in cooking,travelling and photography .She believes in eating freshly cooked meals that are simple and easy to prepare.She aims to present such simple recipes with detailed instructions for you! Thanks for visiting!

Comments

  21. Anil Kumar Jamithireddy says

    Dear Madam,
    If I am not wrong, there is a difference between Sambar and Pappucharu. I had this doubt for a long time and just got an answer some where. Though I am a research Scholar by profession, I love cooking. That made me to try different things and search about many recipes and their descent. Could you please clarify me about Pappu Charu and Sambar, if there is any.
    Thank you

    • Sireesha Puppala says

      Anil,

      Yes, pappu charu we wont add any vegetables and made with just toor dal,onions, tomatoes and drumsticks mostly,This is specific to Andhra cusine where as Sambar is a blend of all vegetables along with thoor dal, I had use the common name as Sambar to represent the dish in english along with the native name Pappu Chaaru.

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