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