(Raw) Mango Lemon rice

A perfect Southern Indian Summer lunch with Spicy, tangy Rice. Down south it is mostly hot and humid throughout so we eat quite a lot of tangy and spicy food in this region. Specially being brought up in India means you have grown up eating a variety of new recipes.Now it’s time to enjoy some tangy Southern recipe for lunch. My mom used to make this on a hot summer afternoon its light and a soothing recipe.

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 Prep time:10 mins|Cook time:10 mins

Ingredients Raw rice -2 cups Lemon- 2 big lemons Mango (raw) -1 big size(app 1 cup levelled) Grated coconut -2 tbsp.(optional) Seasonings Oil -3 tbsp. Mustards seeds -1  tsp Curry leaves -3  sprig Garlic -6 cloves Dry red chillies -4 broken Split urad dal- 1tbsp Chana dal-1 tbsp. Onions Sliced -2 no’s  medium Green chilies -2 no’s (Slit) Hing-pinch Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp Salt –as needed

 

 

Method

1. Cook  rice with water, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp. oil. Remove to a wide bowl and spread to cool.Heat oil in a deep frying pan/wok, add mustard seed and the lentils.Fry on medium heat until they are slightly browned.

2. Now add  green chillies, onion,cur leaves, dry red chillies and grated mangoes and fry again for 2-3 minutes.Switch off the flame and after few minutes,mix well the entire lemon juice and taste for salt .

 

3. Add  the rice  to the pan and mix well.

4. Let rest for an hour, allowing the rice to soak up all the flavors of mango, lemon and seasoning.This tangy and tasty Mango Lemon rice goes well with simple potato fry or with some potato chips.

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