Mango Dal / Mamidikaya Pappu

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Lets quickly get into the recipe …. :-)

Mango Dal

Ingredients :

Raw Mango - 1/2 of the mango only
Toor dal / Masoor dal - 1 cup
Water - 3 to 4 cups
Green Chilli - 2
Turmeric powder - 1 tea spoon
Red chilli powder - 1 tea spoon (OPTIONAL)
Salt - As per the taste

For Seasoning:

Oil - 1 to 2 table spoons

Dry Red chilli - 1 or 2 

Jeera / Urad dal / Split moong dal / Mustard seeds / split chickpea dal - 2 table spoons
Curry Leaves - 4 to 5
Asafetida / Hing - 1/2 tea spoon

Preparation :

- Wash & peel off the raw mango and cut into medium to small pieces ( I used only half of the mango ).

Mamidikaya Pappu

- Wash the dal & add the water.

- Pressure cook the dal with raw mango pieces, green chilli, turmeric powder, chili powder & salt.

Mango Dal

- Once the dal is cooked turn off the heat & let all the pressure go.

- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a pan & fry all the seasoning ingredients, I added extra green chili in the seasoning since, I didn't add the red chili powder to the dal.

Mango Dal

- Add the seasoning to the mango dal and let the dal cook for 5 minutes under a low heat.

Mango dal

- Just to enhance the taste, use ghee instead of oil for the seasoning but this is totally optional.

Mmidi Kaya Pappu