Bengali Recipe,
Mango Dal/ Aam Dal (Lentil Soup)Recipe
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Aam Dal/Tok Dal/Mango Dal (Lentil Soup) Recipe
Mangoes (Aam) are
abundant in summer. Aam Dal is known recipe in Bengali
households during summer months. During summer we always crave for sour things.
Because summer is really hot in India. Aam dal is
prepared typically prepared with Masoor (red
lentil), Moong (split mung bean lentil), Matar (split pea’s
lentil). It is very testy and simple sweet and sour dal to beat the heat of summer
months.
Ingredients:
2 cups masoor
dal/red
lentil
1 raw mango (cut into long
strips)
1 tsp. ginger paste
1 tsp. turmeric powder
1 tsp. red chili powder
1 tsp. Panch
Foron/
Bengali Five spices
2 dry red chilies
2 tsp. sugar
Salt to taste
Method:
1. Wash the
dal thoroughly. Then soak it for 30 minutes. Strain all water from it.
2. Then pressure
cook the dal with double amount of water (here I used 4 cups of water), salt
and 1 dry red chili till 1 whistle.
3. If you do
not using pressure cooker then boil it for 25minutes.
4. After 1
whistle depressurize it immediately and mix the dal thoroughly.
5. Take a
pan/ the same cooker, heat some mustard oil, and add Panch
Foron
/ Bengali five spices, dry red chili. Saute it for few seconds.
6. Then add
ginger paste, turmeric and chili powder. Give them a quick mix.
7. Then add mango
pieces, salt and sugar mix everything together.
8. Add
boiled dal to it and incorporate everything. If you need you can add water,
depends on your taste.
9. Cover and
boil it for 10 minutes until mango pieces becomes soft.
10.
Serve it with some boiled rice and ghee. EnjoyJ.
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