Monday, December 18, 2006

Dhal And Mango Curry

Ingredients
Tuvar dhall 1 ½ cups
Onion pieces 1 cup
Minced ginger 1 ½ dsp
Green chillis 8
Cummin seeds 1 tsp
Turmeric powder 1 tsp
SaltSeasoning
Oil or ghee 3 dsp
Mustard 1 tsp
Sliced shallots 2 dsp
Ani seeds ¼ tsp
Cinnamon 1 piece
Cloves 8
Cardamom 4
Grated coconut 2 cups
Skinned raw mango minced ¼ cup
Crushed garlic 1 tsp
Broken dry chillis 8
Curry leaves 2 springs

Method
Cook the dhal in 3 cups of water with onions, turmeric powder, ginger, split green chillis and the spices and remove when dry.Extract 2 cups of milk from coconut and pour it into the dhal, cook the mango pieces with slit green chillis and salt in it. When it is cooked, fry the ingredients for seasoning in oil and mix in the curry.

Ripe Mango Curry With Fried Coconut Paste

Ingredients
Ripe Mango Pieces 2 cups

Onion pieces ½ cup

Grated coconut 2 cups

Green chillis 4

Dry chillis 10
For SeasoningOil 2 dsp

Sliced shallots 1 dsp

Cumminseed 1 tsp

Turmeric powder 1 tsp

Cinnamon 1 piece

Cloves 4

Curds 2 dsp

Sugar 1 tsp

Fenugreek 1 ½

Mustard 1 tsp

Method

Fry the coconut and broken pieces of dry chillis till brown. Grind it to a fine paste. Cook the mango pieces with 2 cups of water in which the coconut paste is diluted. Put the spices, slit green chillis, the turmeric powder and enough salt. After the mango pieces are cooked add the sugar and the beaten curds. Fry the ingredients for the seasoning in oil and pour into the curry.