• Mangodi (Sun Dried Lentil Nuggets)

    From Ben Collver@1:105/500 to All on Wed Aug 27 08:42:11 2025
    The last few days it's been hitting 105F in the afternoon here.
    Perfect weather for solar cooking.

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    Title: Mangodi (Sun Dried Lentil Nuggets)
    Categories: Indian
    Yield: 2 Cups

    1 1/2 c Split yellow mung lentils
    4 c Water; to soak lentils
    3/4 ts Hing (asafoetida)
    1/2 ts Turmeric powder
    1/2 ts Black pepper; crushed
    Oil; to grease

    Equipment: Plates, thalis, cookie sheets, or plastic sheets.

    I use unpolished, organic yellow mung lentils from Whole foods, so I
    added turmeric powder for a nice yellow tinge. Turmeric does not add
    any flavor to the mangodis. The turmeric quantity in this recipe can
    be varied as per you lentil quality.

    In a large bowl, thoroughly wash the lentils 2 to 3 times until the
    water runs clear. Soak the lentils in about 4 cups of water
    preferably overnight or for at least 4 hours.

    Grease the plates or thalis with oil where you want to drop the lentil
    nuggets. Set aside.

    Drain the water, give lentils another wash and tip them into a
    blender. Blend the lentils to smooth without water.

    Transfer the ground lentils to bowl and add hing, black pepper, and
    turmeric powder to it. Mix well.

    Put the lentil mix in a piping bag fitted with plain/star nozzle, or a
    Ziploc bag (with cut out corner), squeeze it, and pipe out small dots
    on a greased plate or thali, about 1/8" apart. For the quantity of
    batter from this recipe, I used 6 dinner plates.

    Keep the piped out mangodis in sun for at least 2 days or more until
    they dry out.

    Once dry, these will be hard. Using a metal spatula, scrape them from
    the surface of the plate and store in an air tight container up to 8
    to 10 months.

    Recipe by sanjuro

    Recipe FROM:
    <gopher://sdf.org/0/users/sanjuro/indian-food/mangodi.txt>

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