Been following your blog for quite sometime now but never stopped to leave a comment . But this time I had to!

I made this dal today and it was AWESOME amongst many other dishes I have tried from your food blog. Seriously : You are AWESOME!

Love the pics, the detailed explanation and the order in which you ask to toast the tadka ingredients. I always used to put the mustar, cumin and then the garlic but I tried it your way and it makes a HUGE difference! Thanks much for all your hardwork and sharing these recipes with the rest of the world!

Best,
Alka

Its a worderful recepie. I always cook the dal like: I pressure cook the grated mango and tood dal,turmeric together, so that the the taste of mango and dal mix well, later seasoned.

I made a mistake and made the mango dal w/ yellow split peas . How bad of a mistake is this? It tastes okay to me, but I’m wondering if it’s okay to serve others. What do you think?

I appreciate your taste, I readily agree with you regarding Mamidikaya Pappu. But one small change that I would like to suggest - I am not intended to hurt. I prefer to prepare the same Pappu, with out Onions. The reason is Onion gives some what sweetish taste, that deviates us from the sour taste of Mango. I tried the Pappu without Onions so many times. Please try this, I wish you all the best!

Thanks for your suggestion. Yes, Mamidi pappu without onion also tastes wonderfully good. Sometimes I make it in that way too for festival day preparations.
-Indira

your maamiDi kaaya pappu description and photos are awesome! Whenever I feel hungry or miss home-food, I browse your site.

I make this a lot during summer months in US when we get green mangoes. I have suggestion for added/ different flavour: my mother used to add ‘hing’ instead of garlic and it tastes sooo good! Just wanted to give you a tip! And, I add green chillies as well as chilli powder to captutre the flavours of both, spiked by fresh ‘karivepaaku’.

Aruna.

Mouth watering!!! My husband is a telugu guy and I am a kannadiga. Every now and then I keep checking your website because your presentation skills are so good that it almost feels like the taste-buds in your mouth are eating what you have cooked!!! Yummy…:)

Now that I am pregnant- am all the time thinking about food, food and food!! And I am going to try this mango dish very soon

Hats off to you for the “authentic dishes” you post on your website. For people like me, who are new to cooking, you are a blessing in disguise Keep up the good work.. I tried Chilli bajjis, Buggani (Puffed Rice Upma), a few rice and daal varities - everything was a instant success.

Thanks,
Priya

Thanks indira for all your amazing recipes.

Keep it up