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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Amer dal.. a Bengali cuisine

I  love bengali cuisine.Bengali dishes are vey much similar to our konkani dishes especially vegetarian dishes. and not too spicy.First time i tried this bengali dal and it was very tasty.My son simply love dal so daily i try to make different variety of dal.They prepare variety of dishes with raw mango.My son loved this dal and want me to prepare this again tomorrow. 


Ingredients:-
Tur dal-1/2cup
Moong dal-1/2cup
Turmeric-1/2tsp
Raw mango-1(cut into small pieces)
Mustard-1/2tsp
Cumin-1/2tsp
Red chilly-2
Curry leaves-1spring
Ghee-2tsp
Salt to taste

Method:-
  • Cook both the dal together in a pressure cooker adding 4cups of water.
  • Now take a sauce pan and heat ghee,in that add mustard seeds,cumin ,curry leaves and red chilly saute for a second..
  • Now put turmeric followed by raw mango pieces and salt and saute for 2mins.
  • Now add the cooked dal and boil until mango pieces turns to soft .
  • Serve hot with plain boiled rice and pour some ghee.

2 comments:

  1. Hmm. Sounds lovely. Maybe I will cook it today - i so want green mangoes right now. just my luck- as its already November ...can I do it with pineapples since that is waiting for some attention in the fridge.

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    1. HI NeeL..though i nvr tried dal with pineapple but we do prepare some other dishes and its really tastes Osm ..i think you can go ahead with pineapple if it is little sour.. give it a try and do let me kw too....thanks for visitg :)

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