Cucumber Dal Recipe | Dosakaya Pappu Recipe

Cucumber Dal is one of my favorite dal variety. I like cucumber when we use it in dal or raitha.  My MIL makes cucumber stew with coconut and moongdal and it would tastes so delicious. Cucumber dal is one of the perfect accompaniment for roti / chapati. Even I love to mix paruppu podi with this dal and mix with rice. Instead of making plain dal, cucumber with thoor dal is one of the rich combination. The preparation of the cucumber dal is same as plain dal, so it would be one of the simplest and tastiest dish for any Indian Bread or plain hot steaming rice!.

Tips for making Dosakaya Pappu:

1. If the dal needs more sourness, we can add lemon juice once it cools down, but if the cucumbers are itself sour, then do not use tomato or lemon.
2. I made this with onions, we can make this dal no onion no garlic version too.
3. We can make this as a one pot recipe in pressure cooker and then finally add a fresh tempering.
4. We can follow the same procedure and make dal with bottle gourd, ridge gourd also.

Recipe card to make Cucumber Dal

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Cucumber Dal | Dosakaya Pappu Recipe

Course: Accompaniment, Dal Varieties, Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: North Indian

Equipments Needed

• Pressure Cooker
• Heavy Bottomed Pan

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 141kcal

Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Cucumber dal, also popularly referred as Dosakaya Pappu in Andhra Cuisine, is a delicious dal variety made with toor dal, cucumber and other spices. This Cucumber dal can be served with roti or with rice!

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1 nos Cucumber
• ▢ ¾ cup Toor Dal (Pigeon pea) 1 Cup - 250ml
• ▢ 1 nos Green Chili
• ▢ 1 tbsp Garlic Chopped
• ▢ 1 nos Onion
• ▢ 2 nos Tomato
• ▢ ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
• ▢ 2 tbsp Coriander Leaves Chopped
• ▢ To Taste Salt

For Tempering

• ▢ 1 tbsp Oil
• ▢ 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• ▢ 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
• ▢ 1 nos Red Chili

Instructions 

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  Pressure cook the toor dal and keep it aside. Finely chop the onions and tomatoes and keep it aside. Peel the skin of cucumber and chop it to small cubes. Heat oil in a pan, add broken red chili and saute it for a second. Then add mustard seeds along with cumin seeds. 
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  When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add finely chopped garlic and saute it for couple of minutes. Then add finely chopped onions along slit green chili along with pinch of salt and saute the onions till they are translucent. 
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  Next, add chopped tomatoes and add mix well. Then add cubed cucumbers to the pan.
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  Add 1/2 cup of water and cook the tomatoes and cucumber in medium flame for 10 minutes. The tomatoes and cucumbers would be cooked nicely by now. Meanwhile, nicely mash the toor dal and keep it ready.
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  When the cucumbers are cooked nicely, add the mashed toor dal and mix well. When the dal starts to boil, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
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  Serve the yummy Cucumber dal with any Indian bread!!!

Nutritional Info

Nutrition Facts

Cucumber Dal | Dosakaya Pappu Recipe

Amount Per Serving (0.5 cup)

Calories 141 Calories from Fat 27

% Daily Value*

Fat 3g5%

Potassium 13mg0%

Carbohydrates 22g7%

Protein 4g8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Instructions with Step by Step Pictures:

• Pressure cook the thurdal and keep it aside. Finely chop the onions and tomatoes and keep it aside. Peel the skin of cucumber and chop it to small cubes. Heat oil in a pan, add broken red chilli and saute it for a second. Then add mustard seeds along with cumin seeds.

• When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add finely chopped garlic and saute it for couple of minutes. Then add finely chopped onions along slit green chilli along with pinch of salt and saute the onions till they are translucent.

• Next, add chopped tomatoes and add mix well. Then add cubed cucumbers to the pan

• Add 1/2 cup of water and cook the tomatoes and cucumber in medium flame for 10 minutes. The tomatoes and cucumbers would be cooked nicely by now. Meanwhile, nicely mash the thur dal and keep it ready

• When the cucumbers are cooked nicely, add the mashed thur dal and mix well. When the dal starts to boil, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and switch off the flame

• Serve the yummy Cucumber dal with any Indian bread!!!

Cucumber Dal Recipe

Sowmya Venkatachalam

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