Paruppu thogayal | Paruppu thuvaiyal for rice
Paruppu thogayal is a chutney recipe prepared as an accompaniment for rice, made with lentils. Recipe for paruppu thuvaiyal is available with a video.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp oil
- ½ cup toor dal (4 tbsp)
- ¼ cup gram dal (2 tbsp)
- 4 garlic pods
- ½ tsp peppercorns
- 4 red chillies
- 2 tbsp coconut
- Tamarind (small piece)
- 1/2 tsp rock salt
Instructions
Recipe:
- Heat oil in a flat pan, and add toor dal first.
- Fry the toor lentil for a min in oil, add gram dal.
- Saute continuously to fry the lentils properly to golden brown color.
- In around 4 to six minutes in medium heat, dal turns into golden and crispy.
- Add garlic pods and fry for two mins.
- Next, add whole black peppercorns and red chillies.
- Let the chillies become hot and crisp.
- Finally, add coconut pieces or grated coconut and saute well for few minutes in the oil along with the other ingredients.
- Switch off the stove, add a small piece of tamarind and required rock salt for the thogayal.
- Let the mixture cool down a bit and grind into a coarse thick thogayal. Add only the required amount of water to grind the paruppu thuvaiyal.
- Serve this paruppu thogayal with hot rice topped with ghee/gingelly oil and papad.
Video
Notes
Tips:
1) If you wish, you can add a tablespoon of whole urad dal along with gram dal.
2) Paruppu thogayal tastes good when ground coarsely and it is the best combination with hot rice.
1) If you wish, you can add a tablespoon of whole urad dal along with gram dal.
2) Paruppu thogayal tastes good when ground coarsely and it is the best combination with hot rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 50kcal
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