I agree it’s not summer yet, but its warm enough to go for something light and tangy and soupy. This Lentil Soup(Dal) with Green Mango recipe is a right fit. These days, you can find green mangoes everywhere – almost all the grocery stores carry mangoes most time of the year.
I miss India around this time of the year. These few months are called mango season in India. Summer and mangoes go hand in hand. Back home, we have mango trees in our yard and they bear an insane amount of produce. My mom would go on distributing burlap bag full of mangoes (raw and ripe) to neighbors and relatives. Everyone in my family and in my in-laws family love eating mangoes. Its treated as a dessert and even served as a dessert right after heavy lunches and dinners. The bazaars or the mandis or the farmers markets would be over flowing with varieties of mangoes – various size and taste.
So if you like this exotic fruit and would brave the Indian summer then this is the time to pay a visit to India. You will get farm fresh sweet mangoes in abundance. When the mangoes are raw, they are used as chutneys or in dals to help save the appetite going in the hot and humid weather. Lentil Soup(Dal) with Green Mango becomes a staple in almost all the Eastern India families.
It’s a different story here though. What I get here is nothing like what I grew up on in India. Sigh! Once in a while the Indian stores would keep some good variety of mangoes but then that’s always a hit and miss.
I love incorporating green mangoes in my curries and dals and even in fish curries. I like the fresh tanginess that green mangoes provide. This Lentil Soup(Dal) with Green Mango is popularly made with red lentils which is masoor dal, but hey, don’t be scared to try other varieties of lentils. I promise, you will not be disappointed. In this Lentil-Soup(Dal)-with-Green-Mango recipe, I have used both the red and yellow lentils. I also like to dry roast my lentils for few minutes to release the nutty flavor. If you are short for time, then you can totally skip the dry roasting part.
I made Lentil-Soup(Dal)-with-Green-Mango over the weekend for few friends. It went really well with steamed rice and dry lamb masala. Here is how I prepared it.
If you don’t have green mangoes handy then try a few other Lentil recipes:
Palak Dal (Spinach Lentil Soup)
INGREDIENTS :
- ½ cup Red Lentils
- ½ cup Yellow Lentils
- 1 raw green mango, peeled and chopped to bite size
- 1 TBSP ginger, finely grated
- 1/2 cup cilantro, finely chopped
- 2/3 green chilies, slit half
- 1 tsp turmeric
- Salt
For Tempering:
- 1 TBSP ghee/clarified butter or olive oil
- 2/3 dry chilies
- 1 TBSP cumin seed
- 1 TSP hing/asafoetida
- Few curry leaves
METHOD:
- I dry roasted the unwashed lentils for 2 to 3 minutes until I got that roasted aroma.
- Boil the lentils with salt, turmeric, green chilies, chopped green mango and grated ginger. This will take approximately an hour or so.
- Whisk the lentils and mash them so the mixture becomes thick in consistency
- For tempering, In a small skillet, heat oil. Once the oil is simmering, add cumin seeds, red chilies, curry leaves and hing. They should sizzle and bubble a little. The mixture should sizzle for about 30 seconds or so.
- Pour the oil mixture into the lentils, Stir to combine. Transfer the lentils to a serving dish and garnish with cilantro.
Serve with steamed rice.
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As always a good post. Tak dal is one of my favorites.
Lovely share!! Love your pics..always. 🙂
This looks so delicious!!
What a delightful recipe of mango dal Aish. Simple! Flavorful! Elegant!
Will be trying with masoor soon. Normally we make it with toor only… Love the use of blue hues in the pics!
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Is this Bengali Tok Dal recipe?
Yes, very similar.
This soup looks delicious. I love those meals that bring us back to our childhood. Your photos and food styling are stunning!
My mouth is watering!
This looks so amazing. I love soup and this looks really delicious. Pretty bowl too!
This soup looks perfect for fall. I love mango!
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Oh my yum!!! This looks delicious!!! I’m a huge soup fan! It’s coming into Spring in my part of the world, so I’ll have to wait for some cooler weather to try out this delicious recipe.
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I loves soups and with the weather here right now, so cold and gloomy today, I would love to have a soup like this for lunch. It looks really yummy!
This looks delightful and fresh! I love lentil soup! I must try this!
This looks like such an interesting flavor combo. I am intrigued to try it as the weather cools down!
Very good sounding recipe for soup. Thanks. I can’t wait to try making!
You might already have one, but you seriously need to make a book. You have extremely unique recipes that I wouldn’t stumble upon unless I saw your specific posts. Green mango? Sign me up!
It’s monsoon (or typhoon season) now here in the Philippines, and your soup is perfect for this cold windy nights. Looks delicious!
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What an interesting combination of flavors. I enjoy lentil soup, but having mango with it makes it sound even more amazing.
I like Lentils a lot and I love Mango. I would love to hear more about Green Mango.
oh my – yum!! Lentil soup is my favorite (especially when the weather is as chilly as it is right now!) and I love green mango. thanks for sharing!
Amazing photos– I love the blue bowls with the color of this soup!
The mango sounds amazing!
Lentils are so good for you. I could tuck into this now and the addition of mango is inspired
I started making dal about a year ago and have never looked back! I love it!!!
I’ve never heard of using green mango before! We are in Summer here so it will be a perfect time to try!
Amazing!!
This looks so yummy, I will pin it and try to make it!
The soup sounds amazing. I love a warm bowl of soup on the chilly winter night.
I have yet to try a lentil soup recipe!
I love lentil soup, but I have never heard of eating mangoes green. I’ll have to give it a try!
My daughter is a huge fan of lentils and mango. She would love this!
My daughter is trying her hands at dishes like this so I will most definitely share with her.
My mouth is seriously watering! I love dal.
Oooh, that looks delicious! I will try this 🙂
Yum! This recipe looks delicious. I am pinning it so I can try it!!
The photos are so amazing, and I just love mango, so I bet this is delicious
That looks delicious! I will have to give it a try. I have never made a lentil soup before. 🙂
This picture is pinterest perfect! It looks so delicious it makes me hungry. Love a delicious tasting curry eat with naan bread. Just pinned it.
That is an interesting recipe. Would it be sour? I know green mangoes can be really sour so I was just wondering how it would be when in soup. Anyway, I think this would be a nice recipe to try.
Great recipe! I love the incorporation of the mango! So yummy!
gosh, this looks delicious! I do love some good curry flavours!
Lentil soup is one of my favorite dishes along with soft fresh bread. I have never tried it with mango which I also love.
Love the addition of mango here. Great touch.
Sounds like a wonderful flavor combination. I never would have thought to add mango.
Oh wow this looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it.
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That looks so good! I’ve never had soup with green mango before and I sure would love to taste it!
This soup looks so good. I am going to have to give this a try.
I normally would not think to make a lentil soup, but this looks really good especially with the addition of mango. I just might give this a try.
This soup looks and sounds delicious! I’ve never had a green mango before, but would love to try it.
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This looks amazing! You even make it sound mouthwatering good! I have never tried a recipe like this, but now I have to!
this one used to be my favorite daal back in India…never tried here in USA… definitely gonna follow your recipe
Lentil soup is so comforting on a cold day. Mango sounds like a great idea for extra flavour in lentil soup. I’ll have to try this recipe, although I’ll leave out the dairy.
Sounds so fragrant and delicious. I love the idea of the green mango.
Lentils are such a great ingredient to work with. Perfect in so many dishes. This soup sound delicious. Love the flavour combination. Great for these cold winter days we are having…like today.
I have never used green mango in any dish. Looking forward trying this. I love Dal!
This sounds different but delicious! Your photos are beautiful, too!
This looks really interesting! And delicious! I will have to try it!
oh man, this looks so good! i’m going to have to make it soon.
What a lovely bowl of soup! I’ve always been a fan of lentil soup, but never really got the recipe from my mom. Thank you for sharing this one. I’ll be sure to make it when she comes to visit.
I definitely want to try this, I love dal and I love spicy bowl of something like this, even when the weather is warm.
Thank you.