kotaliya Moong Dal (Whole)  (200 g)

Mangodi is deep fried moong dal dumpling. It is also called moong wadi or badi in some homes. In Rajasthani cuisine we have a lot of dehydrated food items that are easy to store and use later. Being a desert state, fresh vegetables were limited and that constraint led to many innovations in food like papad ki sabzi or gatte ki sabzi. Mangodi is another such innovation using moong dal to make a vegetable curry when the real vegetables are in short supply. As a kid I remember my mom making these in bulk and drying them on the terrace. In the evening me and my sister would go up, turn them and remove the dried ones. Mom would them store them in an airtight box. Now-a-days dried mangodis are also readily available in stores.