Maavinkaai Chitranna(Raw Mango Rice)
Mango rice, the name itself is so very mouthwatering! Learnt it from my uncle who was into catering business. This typical Kannada recipe is very much similar to lemon rice, but it happens to be much more tangier and tastier than Chitranna(lemon rice). Whenever you are fed up of eating the regular dal, chaval, roti, subzi..you could try this one for a change. It would surely set right your taste buds.
Serves about 4 people
Time Required: About 25-30 minutes if rice is not ready. Otherwise, it would take about 15 minutes.
Cooking Tip: If the rice has already been prepared, nothing like it, for, we would require cold rice here. However, pls ensure that the rice is cooked in such a way that the grains don't stick to each other. If you haven't prepared the rice, cook it in a separate pot while the mango mix is being made(saves your time)
Ingredients required:
For Seasoning:
5 tsps Oil, 2 tsp mustard seeds, few curry leaves, 5 Red chillies,
little Hing, Chana dal & urad dal half tsp each , few Groundnut seeds,
Turmeric powder half tsp.
For the pulp:
Raw Mango medium sized(Is dark green and hard to touch)
Rice(pref one with long grain) one large cup.
Method of Preparation:
Cook one cup of rice separately in a vessel such that it does not become sticky. Keep it to cool .
Heat oil in a kadai/cooking pot or pan. Sputter mustard seeds along with curry leaves in it. Add the rest of the seasoning stuff to it and stir until the dals and groundnuts turn light brown in colour. Then add the turmeric powder and mix for a few seconds.
Meanwhile, deskin the raw mango with a peeler and grate this mango. Add this grated mango to the seasoned mix and cook for about 5 minutes or so until most of the water is lost from the mango pulp(This way, we could store this pulp in the refrigerator for about 2 weeks). Add a little more salt than usual to this mix('gojju' in kannada) considering the fact that the rice would also need salt. Once this gojju cools down(in less than 2 minutes), mix this well with the cooled cooked rice. Don't forget to fry some chopped onion separately and add it to the rice for extra taste. We just had this rice for dinner. After all the heavy food we have been eating for the past few days, I must say that this is a very good change. Hope you enjoy making it and eating it as well!
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