Mamidikaya pappu | Raw mango dal

Mamidikaya pappu is a famous dish of Andhra Pradesh. I came across this dish for the first time in one of my fellow marathoners blog. But then after, I found this recipe repeating itself in many of the food blogs and I felt compelled to prepare this mango dal. I had prepared this recipe over the summer when mangoes were available in abundance but somehow did not get a chance to post it. So i reserved this recipe for this mega marathon when I decided on one of the ingredients as raw mango. 

It is a very easy recipe and it turned out very well. The dal is cooked with raw mangoes and mild spices. Try out this mango dal in the following summer season and i am sure you will love this mamidikaya pappu . Though this dish is generally paired with rice, it also goes well with rotis also.

Ingredients:

Raw mango - 1/2 cup      

Toor dal  - 3/4 cup 

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp      

Red chili  - 2     

Green chili -  2 - 3     

Garlic  - 2 pods     

Ginger - a small piece    

 Asafoetida - 2 pinches     

Onion   - 1     

Curry leaves -  few     

Ghee  - 1 tblsp     

Oil - 2 tsp     

Mustard seeds  - 1/2 tsp     

Cumin | jeera  - 1/4 tsp     

Salt - to taste    

Coriander leaves  - few 

Method:

• Peel and cut  the mango into cubes and cook it in little water.   
• Wash and and cook the dal with enough water, salt and turmeric powder. 
• Chop the onions finely, slit the green chili and finely chop the garlic and ginger. 
• In a pan add ghee and add mustard seeds, cumin, slit green chilies and red chilies. 
• Once the mustard splutters, Add the finely chopped garlic and ginger and the asafoetida 
• Cook for 2 minutes and add the finely chopped onions. Fry till the onions are translucent.
• Now add the dal and the cooked mango pieces. Add water as per the required consistency. Generally mango dal is made thick. I too made it thick. So I did not add any water.
• Allow this to boil for 5 minutes.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

Mango dal is ready!!  Enjoy with rice or rotis.

Notes:

• You can also cook the dal along with the spices and mango pieces in cooker. Since I Tried it for the first time I tried everything on stove top.
• Add green chili according to the sourness of the mango. 
• I garnished the dal with fried onions along with coriander leaves to enhance the taste.

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