Sunday, May 8, 2011

Tak Dal

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Masoor Daal
1 small raw mango
1 tbsp of oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/4tsp of turmeric powder
1 dried red chilli
salt to taste
1/2 tsp of sugar, just to balance the sourness of mango.

Steps:

Boil the daal with 2 cups of water alongwith 1 tsp salt and the turmeric powder .

Slice the mango lengthwise in finger size pieces . You can keep the seed or throw it away.

Heat oil in a kadai. Add mustard seeds and dried chilli . As they stop spluttering break a few seeds to bring out the flavor.Add the mango pieces.Add a little salt. Cover and cook till the mango pieces get softened.

Add the boiled daal.Let it simmer for 5 mins alongwith the mango pieces. Add the sugar.

Serve with hot rice.