Muga Amrutabhanda dalma (Mung Dal cooked with raw Papaya)

Ingredients:
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1 cup Mung Daal
1/2 of a papaya- chopped into small pieces (about 2 cups)
Salt to taste
1 table spoon of Oil for tempering
1 tea spoon of mustard seeds
2 bay leaves
2 tablespoon of coriander and cumin powder
2-3 red chillies
1 tea spoon of Turmeric powder


Method:
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1: Dry roast the Mung Dal in a pan until it changes color to light redish orange.   Makes sure it doesn't turn completely orange or brown.
2: Wash the Mung daal with cold water and soak the Dal in water.
3: Take a large pan or pressure cooker and add oil. Once it gets hot, add red chillies, bay leaf and mustard seeds.
4: Once the seeds splutter, add the daal and chopped papaya cubes. Add more than double the quantity of water.
5: Add salt and turmeric powder, stire well and let it cook for 25-30 min in medium flame. If you are cooking in pressure cooker 3  whistles in medium flame should suffice.
After that open the cover, add coriander and cumin powder and cook on high heat for about 5 minutes.

PS: the nice aroma that comes while dry roasting mung dal is very difficult to resist your appetite that moment.
careful: while dry roasting, if the dal turns brown or black, there will be bad odour enough to resist while eating.the taste will not be good too in that case.