Mamidikaya Pappu\Mango Dal

Mango Dal, an all time favourite to most of the people.Add a drumstick to this Dal gives extra flavour and nice taste.

Ingredients:

• Raw mango : 1
• Toor Dal : 1 cup
• Onion: 1 Small(optional)
• Drumstick: 1(optional)
• Green chilies : 2
• Red Chilli powder : 2 Tb sp
• Salt
• Hing
• Oil
• All ingredients of Tadaka
• Curry leaves

Procedure:

• Pressure cook Dal with 2 cups of water.In the mean time chop mango,onion,green chilies,drum stick.
• In a kadai, add 1 cup water, chopped mango and other pieces and let it cook.(You can cook these pieces along with Dal in a separate vessel)If you combine mango and Dal it may not cook properly due to soreness of mango.So to avoid that cook Dal and mango pieces separately.
• When pieces are 3/4th cooked, add Dal, turmeric and let it cook.After some time add enough salt,red chili powder.
• In another vessel prepare tadaka, add hing and curry leaves.Add this to cooked Dal.

Serve with rice, few drops of ghee and papad or vuru mirapakayalu.