Indian Cooking Recipe : Variety Of Pitikas Ingredients : 1 cup dal (mung or masoor) 1 chopped, onions mustard oil vegetables pitikas papaya , pumpkin Method : Pitikas can be made with various vegetables like pumpkin, papaya. To make vegetable pitikas, peel the papaya or pumpkin and discard the seeds. Cut into medium-sized pieces and boil with 1 cup of dal (mung or masoor). When the dal is cooked remove the vegetable pieces and mash, adding salt and maybe a little bit of mustard oil. Also, if you want chopped onions and chillies.