Raw Mango Ravva Pulihora (Mamidikaya Ravva Pulihora)

Ingredients:

1) Broken Rice = 2Cups.
2) Water = 4 Cups.
3) Green Chillies (Pachi Mirapakayalu).= 6-7 Pieces.
4) Turmeric powder (Pasupu) = 1/2 Tbl Spoon.
5) Ground nuts (Veru Senaga Pappu) = 3Tbl Spoons.
6) Red Chillies (Endu Mirapakayalu) = 3 Pieces.
7) Salt = Acc to taste.
8) Curry Leaves (Karivepaaku) = 2 Springs.
9) Oil = 3Tbl Spoons.
10) Mustard Seeds (Aavalu) = 1/4 Tbl Spoons.
11) Bengal Gram (Pachi Senaga Pappu) = 2 Tbl Spoons.
12) Urad Dal (Minapappu) = 2Tbl Spoons.
13) Cumin Seeds (Jeelakara) = 1/4 Tbl Spoon.
14) Sour Raw Mango (Mamidikaya ) = 1 1/2 (Grated Mango)
15) Asafoetida (Inguva) = 1/4 Tbl Spoon.
16) Cashew Nuts = 5- 6 Pieces

Method:

1) Clean the Mango and peel the skin of Mango and grate.
2) Take a vessel, add 4 Cups of water, Turmeric Powder, Salt, 1 Table Spoon of oil and boil once or twice and then slowly pour / add broken Rice and mix well and cook in pressure cooker for about 4 whistles.
3) After the pressure is released, spread this cooked broken rice in a wide plate.
4) Take a small pan add 2 Table Spoons of oil after heating add Mustard Seeds after they start spluttering, add Ground nuts and fry them for a while, then add Bengal Gram, Urad Dal, Green Chillies, Red Chillies,Cumin Seeds, Curry Leaves and Inguva and fry them until they turn to golden colour, finally add Cashew nuts.
5) Finally add grated Mango and fry for 2 min
6) Now add cooked Broken rice and mix well.

This is a festive dish too

Raw Mango Rice (Mamidikaya Pulihora)

Ingredients:

1) Rice = 1 Cup.
2) Mango (Grated) = 1  1/2 Cup (Adjust according to sourness of Mango).
3) Ground nuts = 2 Tbl Spoons.
4) Green Chillies (Pachhi Mirapakaya) = 5-6 Pieces.(Cut into length wise)
5) Cashew nuts (Optional ) = 3-4 P ieces.
6) Water = 2 Cups.
7) Turmeric Powder (Pasupu) = 1/4 Tbl Sppon.
8) Inguva = 1/4 Tea Spoon
9) Salt  = Acc to taste.

Popu:

1) Oil = 2 Tbl Spoon.
2) Mustard Seeds (Aavalu) = 1/4 Spoon.
3) Cumin Seeds (Jeela karra) = 1/4 Spoon.
4) Red Chillies (Endu Mirapakayalu) = 1- 2 Pieces.
5) Curry Leaves (Karivepaaku) = 1 - Spring.
6) Bengal Gram (Pachhi Senagapapu) = 2 Tbl Spoon.


Method:

1) Peel skin of mangoes and grate them.
2) Cook rice in Pressure Cooker for about 4 whistles (Add 1 Tbl spoon of Oil before cooking rice so that rice will not stick to each other) once rice is cooked, spread in a wide plate and keep aside for sometime.
3) Take a small pan add 2 Tbl spoons of oil to fry Ground nuts, Green Chillies, Bengal Gram after frying lastly sprinkle some turmeric powder. Add this fried mixture to the rice prepared earlier.
4) Prepare Popu with items given above add raw mango in the same pan and fry for 2 min ( to avoid rawness of mango ) and then switch off the stove and keep aside, after it becomes cool, mix this paste with rice prepared earlier and add salt to it.

Mango rice will be yummy when you select mangoes which are sour in taste and this is a seasonal dish