Paruppu Thogayal is a popular rice mix made using toor dal, coconut, herbs and spices. This thogayal is an easy side dish to make to pair up with rice. Learn to make Paruppu Thogayal with step by step pictures.
Paruppu Thogayal with rasam is my favorite lunch combination. Last weekend, when I was discussing with hubby about the next days menu he suggested me this thogayal. And only then I realised I haven’t shared any thogayal so far.
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About Paruppu Thogayal
Paruppu Thogayal is made by roasting and grinding dal & spices coarsely. Parppu Thogayal is a healthy & comforting mix for rice & is relished as a side dish for variety rice too. Thogayal is also called thovaiyal.
Paruppu Thuvaiyal is an easy side dish when you don’t want to spend too much time at the kitchen. Serve it with hot steamed rice, its a tasty and a comforting combo. I first tasted it when I was sick, amma made this for me and it was such a comforting food. Since then I started making it often at home.
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Paruppu Thogayal Ingredients
- Toor dal – Toor dal is the main ingredient for this thogayal. It is roasted well and grind with other ingredients.
- Coconut – Coconut adds flavor and taste.
- Red chilies, Pepper – Pepper and chilies add spice to this thogayal.
- Hing – Hing is added for flavor and aids in digestion.
- Oil – Oil is for roasting the ingredients. You can use gingelly oil or ghee while serving this thogayal with rice.
How to make Paruppu Thogayal Step by Step
1.Heat oil in a pan, dry roast dal till golden brown, remove and set aside. In the same pan, add coconut, pepper corns, garlic, red chilies, salt and hing. Roast till coconut turns slightly brown and chilies are crisp.
2.Allow it to cool and grind it with little water to a semi coarse paste. Add water according to the consistency you want.
Expert Tips
- I made it little on the chutney side as this consistency is easy for mixing with rice. You can adjust water according to the consistency you want.
- Take care not to burn the dal else it will have a bitter taste.
- Tastes best with steamed rice or even with rasam rice.
- I like garlic flavor the best in this thogayal but some will not like garlic smell so ignore it as per your liking.
Serving and Storage
Paruppu Thogayal tastes best when served with rice. This keeps well in fridge for 2 days.
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Paruppu Thogayal Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup toor dal
- 1 to 2 tablespoon coconut
- 2 red chillies
- 2 garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper corn
- 1 pinch hing
- 1 teaspoon oil
- salt to taste
- water as required
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan, dry roast dal till golden brown, remove and set aside. In the same pan, add coconut, pepper corns, garlic, red chilies, salt and hing. Roast till coconut turns slightly brown and chilies are crisp.
- Allow it to cool and grind it with little water to a semi coarse paste. Add water according to the consistency you want.
Notes
- I made it little on the chutney side as this consistency is easy for mixing with rice.
- You can adjust water according to the consistency you want.
- Take care not to burn the dal else it will have a bitter taste.
- Tastes best with steamed rice or even with rasam rice.
- I like garlic flavor the best in this thogayal but some will not like garlic smell so ignore it as per your liking.
Shobha
Nice…I like these side dishes with hot plain rice…yum
Priya dharshini
Yummy i luv this thovayal a lot..Nice clcik with padi and dal.
Torviewtoronto
flavourful delicious thogayal
Gayathri NG
Flavourful n delicious thogayal, perfect hot rice n ghee…
Shabitha Karthikeyan
My favorite one. Mom used to make this with kanji when my Dad goes out of station. Looks so good Sharmi !!
Raji
Oh wow…I have never made paruppu thogayal…but today I am going to make this for lunch. Looks super delish..and I am off to kitchen.
Aarthi
wow..yummy looking tyhogayal..will try soon
Sangeetha Nambi
Add cumin seeds a bit, will add more taste.. Btw, healthy recipe.. Love it ever….
cfp123
Tempting as well as mouthwatering…
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jeyashrisuresh
Even i love the addition of garlic, yummy thogaiyal
Suja Manoj
Healthy dip..tempting..
Premalatha Aravindhan
wow yummy thogaiyal,love it…
Priya
I survive for many days with this paruppu thogayal,my all time fav..
Nalini's Kitchen
Delicious and flavorful thogayal..heavenly combo with white rice and ghee…yummy…
Farah
simply delicious!
Laavanya
My mom makes it like this whilst my MIL makes it with mung dhal… both are super tasty esp. with puli kuzhambu 🙂
Roshni
Beautiful clicks.. mouthwatering thogayal
Recipeswap
Its a little like chutney pudi/ powder only a littl more wet. looks very nice as a dip too.
Shoba Shrinivasan
nice one sharmee,
although the one we make is pretty thick and almost like a thick sour cream consistency. We dont use garlic too….yours almost reminds me of a nice chutney.
Shobha
Sharmilee! :)
@Shoba : Yes we can make it thick too as per our preference, we like it this way as its easy to mix with rice.
Nithya
Garlic addition will make this thogayal so flavorful. Bookmarking. Will make it soon 🙂