Mango Dal

Ingredients:

Unripe Mango              1 (peel the skin and cut the mango into medium size cube pieces)
Thoor Dal                    1 cup
Onion                          1/2 chopped
Green Chilli                  5 chopped
Red Chilli                     2
Curry Leaves               5 - 6
Garlic                           4 pods
Turmeric powder         1/4 tspn
Cumin seeds                1/2 tspn
Mustard seeds             1/2 tspn
Asafoetida                   a pinch
Coriander leaves          for garnishing
salt                            For tatse

Procedure:

1.  Pressure cook the thoor dal for 2 whistle and mash the dal nicely with a masher.
2.  Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. Once the seeds starts to splutter add the cumin seeds, red chilli, chopped garlic,onion, green chilli, curry leaves and asafoetida.
3.  Then add the cut mango pieces. Add 1/4 cup of water, cover the pan with lid and cook it in low flame for 5 to 7 minutes.
4. Now add the mashed dal in the pan, add turmeric powder and salt. Add 1/2 cup of water and cover cook the dal and mango for another 5 minutes.
5. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

->  At step 3, if the mango pieces are not soft after cooking for 5 - 7 min, cook it again for another 2 min. It should be soft enough to mash it with your fingers.
->  At step 4, adding water and cover cooking the dal & mango is to bring the flavor of mango in the dal. You can adjust water according to your thickness consistency. If you want the dal to be thick, add less water else add more water.