Sorakaya Mamidikaya pappu or Bottle gourd Mango Dal

Saturday, July 23, 2011


Ingredients:
Toor Dal or Kandi pappu 1 cup
Sorakaya or bottle gourd ½ big sized
Raw mango ½ medium sized
Garlic cloves 6
Turmeric ¼ teaspoon
Green chilies 5
Urad dal or Menapa pappu or Black gram split 1 teaspoon
Chana dal or Senaga papu 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds or avalu or rai 1 teaspoon
Red Chilli 2
Hing 2 pinches
Red Chilli Powder ½ teaspoon
(adjust accordingly)
Curry Leaves 6 to 8
Oil 2 teaspoons
Salt as needed

Preparation:
1. Peel and chop bottle gourd or sorakya and mango into small pieces. Don’t discard the seed. Peel garlic.

2. Heat a deep pan or kadai and add the toor dal and dry roast till you get a nice aroma. Ensure that the dal does not get dark.
3. Wash the dal and put the dal in the pressure cooker or a pan, add the chopped bottle gourd or sorakaya, mango pieces, green chillies and turmeric. Add 2 ½ cups of water and cook until the dal is fully cooked.

4. Heat a deep pan or skillet add oil after oil is hot add urad dal, mustard seeds, red chillies, curry leaves and hing.
5. When mustard seeds splutter and urad dal changes to golden color. Add the dal , salt and red chili powder and cook for 2 minutes. If you want dal softer and thinner add water and cook for more time.

5 comments:

Sravs said...

Delicious Pappu !! love to have with steamed rice with ghee !!

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Vimitha Durai said...

Healthy and yummy paruppu dear...

Unknown said...

yummy...dal with mango is always very nice.......

divya said...

Wow! this looks absolutely delicious and yummy dal...

Unknown said...

wow, that looks so simple, I am going to give it a try.

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