MANGO RICE

An abundance of delicious mangoes are available in the summer months, ideal for enjoying in many different ways throughout the day.In south India people will add a piece of Mango to drumstick sambar to add flavour.These mangoes we used to cut spary mixed salt and chiily powder and eat as raw.We used to make pickles and kolumbu.If you are bored with these try this recipe it is vey good.

The health benefits of fresh mangoes are hard to beat - they contain more beta-carotene than any other fruit and a 200g serve of mango contains up to three times your recommended daily intake of Vitamin A and Vitamin C.

Ingredients

1. Rice-1 cup

2. Grated Mango-1 cup

3. Green pepper 4

4. Chopped Onion-1/4 cup

5. Channa and urudal-1 tsp each

6. Peanuts-2 tbsp

7. Mustard-1 tsp

8. Curry leaves-for flavor

9. Salt-to taste

10. Oil-1 tbsp


Preparation

1. Cook rice and allow with little salt it to cool.

2.In a sauce pan, heat oil, add dhals, peanuts and fry well. Add mustard and let it splits, then add the curry leaves, chopped onion, green pepper, salt and the grated mango. Saute this till mango is cooked.

3. To this add the cooked rice an mix well.