Comments on: Spinach Dal (Palakura Pappu)

by: lovercindrella

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:24:34 +0000

Thank you very much for this recipe. I tried it yesterday and the dal was delicious. I loved it and felt that I had yummy dinner after long long time.

by: SP

Thu, 19 May 2011 02:03:02 +0000

Could you tell us how many whistles are required for this recipes before the cooker is removed from fire?

Also, when you say ‘1 bunch / bowl’ of Spinach leaves - does this mean 10 - 15 leaves?

Thanks

by: Priya Rao

Thu, 05 May 2011 05:38:09 +0000

Hi,
your blog seems to be very popular.
I tried out your palakura pappu recipe and its awesome… heavenly!!! my husband loves andhra food and your recipes are keeping us very happy
thanks for sharing them. Would love to see more of mango based recipes as its summer here.
cheers
priya

by: Santosh

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:21:22 +0000

I heard that tomato and spinach will cause dangerous chemical reactions in stomach and results stones in kidney

by: mridula menon

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:20:55 +0000

Hi Indira,

I am writing to you from Bangalore. Both me and my hubby are great fans of an Andhra Restaurant called Bhagini just for the dal they serve in their meals menu. However I had no clue what it is called and how to search for the recipe. Thats when someone told me its called poppu/pappu, but the recipes available on the net were not matching with the taste we like. Then I noticed the presence of spinach in their dal and hence googled for the same and found yours

Thank you for sharing this recipe as we no more need to spend 75 bucks to have rice and pappu at Bhagini

by: srikanth

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:10:31 +0000

it worked for me! Thanks.

by: Krishnagopal

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:53:10 +0000

I am starting preparing now.

Really, I want to become a master of cookery. My future wife(not yet married) must appreciate for it.

I’ll tell you how it will become once that is made.

by: Monica Shaw

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:28:58 +0000

Made this tonight… had to use chana dal for lack of toor dal. It was still delicious. Thanks!

by: Abha

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:24:03 +0000

thank you for putting these great recipes here! i just found the site yesterday and i’ve been looking for a recipe for spinach pappu for ages. one quick question do you use regular toor or oily toor? i’ve noticed that oily toor is available in the market and kannadigas don’t use it but the andhra pappu tastes so different that i wasn’t sure.

Hello Abha,
I use only plain toor dal for cooking pappu, sambars, rasams. The recipes are with plain toor dal only. Hope this was helpful to you.
-Indira

by: ana

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:15:10 +0000

Hi! Your pappu recipe is the simplest I have ever seen! I used to do each step separately- cook dal,palak,onions& tomatoes and popu -making the whole process quite lengthy!
Thank you!