Dosakaya pappu
Yellow Cucumber in telugu is called Dosakaya. Dal with yellow cucumber is a very easy to make and is frequently made at my home. It is usually served with rice or roti.
Ingredients
Method
- Peel the skin and deseed the yellow cucumber. Wash and cut the cucumber into medium pieces. Keep aside.
- Take a deep bottomed pan, add the red gram and fry till the raw smell goes.
- Add water to the lentils, green chillies and cook till they are half cooked.
- Add the cucumber to the lentils along with salt. Cook until lentils are done and cucumber is soft and cooked.
- Mash the lentils and cucumber little bit, so you can see bit of cucumber.
- Add the tamarind paste, turmeric, red chilli powder and mix well. Cook till the tamarind paste is well done.
- For seasoning, take a pan. Add oil, split black gram, mustard seeds. Fry till they sputter.
- Add dried red chillies, asafoetida and curry leaves. Pour it over the lentils.
- Serve hot with rice or roti.