Celery Dal (Pappu)

Yet another side dish with celery. This time I made this delicious dal flavored with celery to go with either rice or roti. You can adjust the amount of celery in the dal depending on how much of the celery flavor you want in your dal. As you all know, a cup chopped celery can go a long way.
Recipe Courtesy: Uma's Trendy Relish

Palak Moong Dal (Moong Dal with Spinach)

I love spinach and moong dal with spinach is a very healthy and delicious side dish which could be served along with both rice and roti.
Recipe Courtesy: A2Z Vegetarian Cuisine

Kerala Parippu Curry (Moong Dal Curry with Coconut)

Parippu curry is another important side dish for traditional Kerala feast. The feast starts with parippu curry, which is served with rice along with with ghee and pappadam (papad).
Recipe Courtesy: Sree's Recipes

Gongura Pappu (Sorrel Leaves Dal)

I bought a bag of leafy vegetable from the Indian grocery store the other day thinking that it is beet greens. When I opened the bag at home I had no clue what those leaves were! After searching online for a while, finally, I figured out that those are gongura or sorrel leaves which is a delicacy in Andhra. Preparation of the dal was very easy and the dish had a slight sour taste as if though I have added lime juice or tamarind juice. It must be this sourness that makes gongura ideal for pickles. I loved it and gongura pachadi (pickle) is next in my list.
Recipe courtesy: Indira's blog Mahanandi

Dal Tadka

Initially I used to think that dal and dal tadka are two completely different dishes. Later I figured out that 'tadka' in hindi means 'tempering'. Now, don't roll your eyes! How do I know - I grew up in Kerala and I was not paying attention in the class when our hindi teacher covered that part :) And, nobody in Bollywood movies talk about tadka either hmm...DH grew up in Gujarat and he loves to have dal with rice or chapathi.
Recipe courtesy: Phanitha's Kitchenette