Mango Rice/Maavinakai Chitranna

Ingredients

Rice	2 cups
Raw mango	1 (grated)
Red chillies	3 or 4
Sesame seeds	4 tbsp
Methi/fenugreek	¾ tsp
Shredded/dry coconut	3 tbsp
Mustard seeds	½ tsp
Channa dhal/ Urid dhal	1 tsp each
Turmeric	½ tsp
Hing/Asafoetida	¼ tsp
peanuts	A handful
Curry leaves	1 sprig
Oil	2 tbsp
Salt	According to taste

Method

1. Peel the skin of the mangoes and grate it and keep aside.

2. In a pan, separately dry roast sesame seeds, fenugreek seeds, red chillies and shredded coconut (coconut does not have to be fried too much as it browns very quickly) and let it cool completely and then powder it.

3. Cook the rice and spread that in a broad bowl and allow it to cool.

4. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, turmeric, channa dhal, urid dhal, peanuts, ingu and curry leaves cook until it becomes red. Remove the pan from the stove and then add grated mango and salt.

5. Put the dry roasted sesame seeds powder on the rice and the mango mixture and mix everything well. Check for the taste of salt.

6. Serve hot with pappadams.