Tamil
Mangai Sadam (Mango Rice)
- Duration: 15 minutes
- Serves: 2-4 people
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Spice Level: Medium
Authenticity Slice
You could add some grated coconut along with the mango to make yet another variant. Also, avoid overcooking or mashing the rice. You could toss in some roasted groundnuts as garnishing to add a bit of crunch
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Tamilian cuisine features a wide-variety of rice dishes—like lemon rice, tomato rice and tamarind rice. Mangai Sadam or Mango Rice is another popular dish from this list. This recipe is cooked with rice, grated raw mango and nuts teamed with light spices. Mangai Sadam makes for an easy-to-make lunch-box option, and is also a great way to use leftover rice.
Ingredients
- Basmati rice, cooked (1 cup)
- Raw mango, grated (1 cup)
- Mustard seeds (sarson) (1 tsp)
- Split black gram (uraddal) (1 tsp)
- Split Bengal gram (chanadal) (1 tsp)
- Ginger (adrak), chopped (1 inch)
- Dry red chillies (sabutlalmirch) (2)
- Green chillies (2)
- Curry leaves (kadipatta) (5-6)
- Coriander leaves (haradhania), finely chopped (2 tbsp)
- MTR Haldi Turmeric Powder (a pinch)
- Oil (2 tbsp)
- Salt (To Taste)
Method
• Heat some oil in a kadhai. Throw in the sarson, urad dal and chana dal.
• Then, add chopped adrak, sabutlalmirch, green chillies, kadipatta and the MTR Haldi/Turmeric Powder.
• Add the grated mango, salt and sauté till it becomes tender. Add the cooked rice and mix well.
• Garnish with haradhania and serve hot.
