Green mango with lentil
Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
35 mins
A bowl of lentil with green mangoes or Aam Dal is a perfect soup to cool you down during a hot summer day.
Author:
Lail Hossain
Recipe type:
Side,Soup
Cuisine:
Bangladeshi,Bengali
Serves:
6
Ingredients
1 cup lentil
2-3 cups water
1 green mango, peeled and cut into 1 inch squares
1 tea spoon turmeric
1 onion, finely chopped
2-3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 red chili
1 tea spoon
panch foron
Cilantro for garnishing
2 table spoon olive oil
Salt to taste
Instructions
Boil lentils with salt and turmeric until semi tender. Start with 2 cups of water and add as needed if lentil becomes too thick.
Add mango pieces and continue to boil until soft.
Heat oil in a separate pan. Sauté onion until translucent.
Add garlic and chili and continue to sauté until fragrant.
Add
Panch foron
and let splatter.
Pour over boiled lentil and mango. Add salt.
Garnish with cilantro.
Notes
Panch foron
will splatter so, be very careful.
Red chili can be replaced with green chili.
In absence of
Panch foron
, only cumin seeds can be used.
Recipe by
WithASpin
at https://withaspin.com/2012/09/15/reviving-a-forgotten-past/
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