Andhra Style Pappu Charu Recipe (Lentil Soup Style Curry)

Name: Andhra Style Pappu Charu Recipe (Lentil Soup Style Curry)
Prep time: 16 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 46 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Arhar dal (Split Toor Dal); 3 Green Chillies , or red dry chillies; 10 cloves Garlic; 1 Tomato , chopped; 1 Onion , chopped; 2 tablespoons Tamarind Paste; 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi); Salt , to taste; 2 tablespoons Ghee; 6 Curry leaves; 1 teaspoons Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu); 1 pinch Asafoetida (hing)

Instructions

Prep:16minCook:30min

Andhra Style Pappu Charu Recipe is an aromatic and spicy Lentil Soup like side from Andhra Pradesh. Pappu means Lentils and Chaaru means Curry and this dish is always a part of a Andhra thali meal. A very simple preparation there are many variants to make this with every home having their own method. A perfect combination of spicy, tangy dal, it tastes heavenly when served with Steamed Rice, and ghee fried curd chillies on the side. You can also try these other lentil-based Indian curries for a thali meal like, Hyderabadi Khatti Dal, Maharashtrian Dal Vangi and South Indian Molagooshyam.

Updated at: Sun, 06 Jul 2025 05:00:12 GMT