Raw Mango Rice

The good thing about being a part of blogosphere world is adding  more recipes to your  repertoire of existing ones :) Not a bad bargain, right? It is even better as they are all on the web, so it is  hassle free ,especially for someone like me,who moves every 2-3 years this really is an appealing preposition  but mind you-My recipe books are very precious and even if I don't refer to them too often they still are amongst my very dear belongings. Today's recipe was inspired by http://pappuskitchen.blogspot.com/ (Raw mango Rice) the only modifications I have made to the recipe is fresh cooked rice instead of left over and peas instead of carrots. I would have preferred to use left over rice,but there was none:( and I would much rather have used carrots but again there were none:( Not a very happy scene ,I need to go shopping !!!

I have to admit ,that I made the right choice when I decided to prepare this rice,it is FANTASTIC !!! I urge everyone to try this  at least once. I liked the use of raw mango's with curry leaves . Also my daughter loves to eat dinner or lunch without me fussing over her to finish the vegetables on her plate. This rice dish could not get any better for her :)

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients:
Rice: 2 cups cooked and drained in a colander and then spread on a paper towel to soak excess water
Raw mango's : 2 grated
Oil: 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
Red Chilli: 2 whole
Chana dal/ split  Bengal gram : 1tbsp
 Urad dhuli/ Split Black Gram hulled(washed): 1 tsp
Curry leaves: 15-20 dried or fresh
Green Chilli: 2 with a slit through the middle
salt: 1 tsp
Turmeric: 1/8 tsp
cashews: 8-10

Take a kadai and heat 2 tbsp oil in it.
When the oil is hot ,add the mustard seeds,cumin seeds,red chilli,daal's,cashews ,curry leaves and at the end add the grated mango,green chilli  and saute till the masala looks dry and oil starts to appear at the edges. Now add the salt and turmeric and add the rice and very gently mix the rice well,taking care not to break the rice. I enjoyed the rice with bread rolls for dinner.Will post the recipe for bread rolls soon :)

Peela Chanwarh/ Make Over For Left Over White Rice

You can put this dish together in a jiffy. All you need is left over white rice. Not that you cannot do it with rice just cooked  . But NO it will not taste the same. I love this dish with the left over rice.On the contrary I will cook extra white rice so that I have some left over to make this dish the day after :) This is a typical Sindhi  dish .  I have eaten rice cooked in a similar way down South of India, also prepared with left over rice but slight variation in the ingredients and they also have a different name.

So this one is for all those busy  men/women who are always on the look out for quick fixes :) Cheers!

Ingredients:
Serves 1 person

Bowl of left over white rice
Oil: 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds: tip of the tsp
Asfoetida: a pinch
Turmeric: tip of the tsp
Curry leaves/Curry patta: 5-10
Tomato: 1/2
Onion: 1/2 medium sized onion
Green chilli's: personal choice
salt: very little( depending on the amount used in the white rice)
Red pepper: a pinch

Method:
Take a frying pan and add 1 tbsp oil. When the oil is hot ,add mustard seeds & asfoetida along with curry leaves. Add the chopped garlic and ginger. Now add thinly sliced onions and saute till translucent. Add curry leaves to this. Chop tomato's and add to this along with dry spices- salt,turmeric,chilli pepper. If you are adding green chilli's you can add them with the onions . Cook this mix for couple minutes till the tomato is cooked with all the dry spices and the raw tomato smell is gone. Now add the rice and mix it carefully without breaking the rice. Garnish with a sprig of cilantro and serve peela Chanwarh/ Yellow rice with raita and green coriander & mint chutney.

Note: You can if you like add tiny pieces of carrots,beans and corn while you are frying the onion. I like my peela chanwarh/yellow plain :)