RAW MANGO RICE / MANGO RECIPES

I learnt this from my MIL.. I usually make this for my husband's lunch box. My mil adds roasted & ground fenugreek seeds powder which gives a nice taste & flavour for this rice..Soon i'll post my mom's easy mango rice..

Ingredients

• Raw mango – 2 cups ( grated) 
• Green chilly – 2 nos ( slit cut)
• Red chilly – 3-4 nos ( pinched into two)
• Methi seeds –3/4 tsp ( roast & powder)
• Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
• Hing – 1 tsp
• Salt – As required
• Cooking oil – 4 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Urad dal – 2 tsp
• Channa dal –2 tsp
• Curry leaves - a  sprig

For rice :
Basmati rice – 1/2 cup ( i used steamed rice with water & rice ratio of 2.5 : 1)
Water – 1 cup
Sesame oil – 1 tbsp

Method 

• Grate the mangoes and set aside.

•  In a kadai , dry roast the methi seeds till it turns brown and powder it.
• In the same kadai , add the cooking oil and splutter mustard seeds , urad dal , channa dal , green chillies , red chillies &  half of  hing , curry leaves..

• Then add the grated mango and turmeric powder & saute well till its cooked nicely.

• Add the remaining hing and methi seeds powder..Saute for sometime and switch off the flame.Take the paste and store it in an air tight container after it cools down.

• Pressure cook rice and water in 1:2 ratio . Remove and  allow it to cool.

Mix the rice and required mango paste topped with sesame oil.Check for salt ..
Enjoy with papad !!