Mango Dal(Pappu Mamidikaya)

Ingredients :

Green mango          : 1

Onion (small)          :  1no

Toor Dal                :  1cup

Chilli powder          : 1tsp

Turmeric powder    : 1tsp

salt                         : to taste

Tadka / Talimpu: 

Oil / ghee             :  1tbsp
Mustard seeds      :  1tsp
Cumin Seeds        :  1tsp
Urad Dal : 1tsp2   : finely chopped
dried red chilli       :  2no
curry leaves  
garlic cloves(minced)  :  3no

Procedure : 

• Wash green mango,then cut it into small cubes.
• Take toordal, mango, onion, chilli powder and turmeric in a pressure cooker. Add one and half cups of water. Close the lid and pressure cook until 3 whistles. Turn off the heat and wait for the pressure to go off.
• The contents usually are cooked soft by now, add salt and with a wood masher or whisker, mash the dal, until all the toordal turns into fine mush.
• In a pan , heat oil/ghee, once hot add  ingredients in this order. First add mustard and cumin seeds,  garlic and dried red chilies. Then urad dal and curry leaves and  toast.
• Remove the mashed mango dal from pressure cooker and add it to the popu . Stir to mix and cover the vessel with a lid so that the dal could absorb the flavors of popu. Turn off heat.
• Serve Hot with Jeera rice/ white rice .