Andhra Pradesh

Dappalam

Name: Dappalam
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups cubed pumpkin; 3 small quartered brinjal (eggplant, aubergine); 1 in fingers drumstick (moringa pods); 8 cut okra (lady's finger); 1 small cubed sweet potato; 6 shallots; 1 chopped tomato; a large lemon sized ball tamarind; 1 tbsp jaggery; 1 tbsp rice flour; 2 tsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 1/2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds; 2 dried red chilli; a sprig curry leaves; 2 1/2 cups water; Salt, to taste

A tamarind stew loaded with country vegetables. Andhra festival food in one pot.

50 minTime

4 gProtein each

mediumSpice

The vegetable pulusu1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCountry vegetables and a thick tamarind pulusu.

The original

175kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

6 gfibresame

50minutessame

Dappalam as Andhra homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Pumpkin1½ cups, cubed

Brinjal (eggplant, aubergine)3 small, quartered

Drumstick (moringa pods)1, in fingers

Okra (lady's finger)8, cut

Sweet potato1 small, cubed

Shallots6

Tomato1, chopped

Tamarinda large lemon sized ball

Jaggery1 tbsp

Rice flour1 tbsp

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)2 tsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1½ tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Fenugreek seeds¼ tsp

Dried red chilli2

Curry leavesa sprig

Water2½ cups

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Extract tamarind juice in the water.
2Heat oil, splutter mustard, fenugreek, red chillies and curry leaves; add shallots and tomato.
3Add vegetables in order of hardness: drumstick, sweet potato, pumpkin, brinjal, okra; then tamarind water, chilli, turmeric, salt and jaggery.
4Mix rice flour with water, stir in and simmer until thick.

Serve it like this

Serve hot over rice with ghee, a papad and a spoon of pachadi on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Andhra Pradesh

Dappalam

A tamarind stew loaded with country vegetables. Andhra festival food in one pot.

50 minTime

4 gProtein each

mediumSpice

The vegetable pulusu1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCountry vegetables and a thick tamarind pulusu.

The original

175kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

6 gfibresame

50minutessame

Dappalam as Andhra homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Pumpkin1½ cups, cubed

Brinjal (eggplant, aubergine)3 small, quartered

Drumstick (moringa pods)1, in fingers

Okra (lady's finger)8, cut

Sweet potato1 small, cubed

Shallots6

Tomato1, chopped

Tamarinda large lemon sized ball

Jaggery1 tbsp

Rice flour1 tbsp

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)2 tsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1½ tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Fenugreek seeds¼ tsp

Dried red chilli2

Curry leavesa sprig

Water2½ cups

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Extract tamarind juice in the water.
2Heat oil, splutter mustard, fenugreek, red chillies and curry leaves; add shallots and tomato.
3Add vegetables in order of hardness: drumstick, sweet potato, pumpkin, brinjal, okra; then tamarind water, chilli, turmeric, salt and jaggery.
4Mix rice flour with water, stir in and simmer until thick.

Serve it like this

Serve hot over rice with ghee, a papad and a spoon of pachadi on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Dappalam

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Dappalam

Make it your way

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