Bengali Kacha Aamer Tok Dal | Mango Lentil
 
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Bengali
Serves: 5-6 servings
Ingredients
  • Masoor Dal (Red Lentil): 1 cup, soaked for 1 hr.
  • Raw mango: 1, large (300g without seed)
  • Ginger, grated: 2 tsp
  • Mustard oil: 1 tbsp
  • Water: 5 cups
  • Whole Spices
  • Dry Red Chili: 1
  • Panch Phoron: 1tsp
  • Ground Spices
  • Turmeric: ½ tsp
  • Red Chili: ½ tsp
  • Sugar: 1 tbsp
  • Salt: 2 tsp
Instructions
  1. Wash and clean mango and pat it dry. Discard the seed and chop mango lengthwise.
  2. Sprinkle salt and red chili powder on chopped mango and toss to coat well.
  3. Boil 2 cups water with 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp grated ginger in pressure cooker or any other heavy bottomed pan.
  4. Add presoaked masoor dal and pressure cook till first whistle and then switch off the flame. Leave the dal inside cooker for 10-15 mins. Dal will be cooked completely this way. You can use any heavy bottomed vessel to cook dal but that will take around 20-30 mins.
  5. Heat oil in wok and add whole spices to tamper oil. Add rest 1 tsp grated ginger and sauté for 30 secs.
  6. Add marinated mango with turmeric powder and stir fry for 1-2 mins.
  7. Pour previously boiled lentil and mix well.
  8. Add water and bring it to boil. Cover and cook for 5-7 mins or until mango is cooked.
  9. Once mango is cooked yet firm, add sugar, salt and boil to desired consistency.
  10. Switch off the flame and bring Aamer Tok Dal to room temperature and serve with rice.
Notes
1. Matar Dal or Yellow Split Peas is also used for this same recipe. Sometimes masoor and matar dal is mixed in 1:1 ratio for the same.
2. Use black mustard seeds only instead of panch phoron.
3. Fry mango first and then add boiled lentil otherwise mango will remain raw inside.
4. Add sugar at the end of cooking otherwise mango will not cooked through.
5. Add chopped green chilis for spicier version of tok dal.
Recipe by Scratching Canvas at http://www.scratchingcanvas.com/aamer-tok-dal-bengali-recipe-mango-lentil/