MANGAI ( RAW MANGO) RICE

This is another one of my quick lunch box recipes for the kids. This recipe is of course subject to the availability of the seasonal mangoes. A tangy and sumptuous favoured rice that can be prepared quickly! Check the recipe out.

Ingredients

Raw rice— 1cup

Raw mango— 1

Green chillies— 2

Fresh coconut— 3 tbsp

Fresh coriander leaves— 2 tbsp, copped finelly

Peanut— 2 tsp

Mustard seeds— 1 tsp

Channa dal— 1 tsp

Dry red chilli– 1

Jaggery— 1tsp

Turmeric powder— ½ tsp

Salt— 1 tsp

Oil— 4 tbsp

Few curry leaves.

Method

Cook rice with ½ tsp salt and one spoon oil. Spread the cooked rice in a plate and allow it to cool. Wash the mango,peel the skin and shred the mango. Grind the coconut and green chili together( without water). Heat the remaining oil in a pan, add mustard seeds when they start to splutter add the channa dal, red chilli , curry leaves and peanut and fry for two minutes, now add the shredded mango, ginger and saute . Add the jaggery and give it a stir. Put off the heat add the rice give it a stir ,now add the coconut with green chili and chopped coriander leaves. Mix it all together gently. Manga rice ready.