Pappu mamidikaya / Raw Mango with mashed lentils

Ingredients:

1+1/2 cups Toor dal / kandi pappu

2 Sour Raw mangoes medium sized

6 Green chillies

1 large Onion cubed / 4 shallots or sambar onions

For tempering/tadka/talimpu :

Mustard seeds 1 tsp

fenugreek seeds 1/4 tsp

cumin seeds 1 tsp

chopped curry leaves/coriander leaves

A pinch of Asafoetida/hing

2 tbsps oil

Method:

1. Pressure cook the toor dal with 1 tsp oil and enough water(4 to 4+ 1/2cups) till soft.
2. Never cook the mango /any sour ingredients with dal.The dall will not cook properly.
3. Mash the dal.
4. Then Cook the dal with the mango,onions,green chillies.
5. Add turmeric and salt to taste.
6. Give the tadka/tempering:
7. That is just heat the oil add mustardseeds when u hear thhe pop sound add fenugreek seeds and cumin seeds and the then the leaves and then asafoetida.transfer this immediately over the prepared dal mixture and clean the remaining oil with the dal.

My yummy Pappu mamidikaaya is ready to have with rice or rotis.

It will be yummy with ghee.

Go on and enjoy.