ManvinKai Chitra Anna or Raw Mango Rice

This is one dish that takes me down the memory lane those carefree childhood days where Amma cooked and I ate and helped her. The reason I loved to help Amma for making Chitra Anna was the raw mango which was grated. She shouted at us if we ate while grating but always doled out some of the gratings in our outstretched hands. :-0.

This is made especially for Ugadi or Gudi Padva, the Hindu New Year. And this year it was no different we had Chitra Anna as every year. But the big difference this year was the fact that both my daughters participated in the preparation of the Ugadi feast and the highlight was we ate on the banana leaves the girls specifically cut from the garden. The commotion that Akanksha was making while cleaning the leaves, her insistence that she wanted soap to clean the leaves and the patient explanation that her sister gave her that a clean dishcloth was enough and most importantly no sulking, no complaints and no referral to me is something that I will always treasure!!

Ingredients:

2 cups rice( I prefer basmati)

1 ½ tbsp oil

Curry leaves

½ tsp Mustard

½ tsp Urid daal

¼ tsp Haldi/turmeric

½ tsp Hing/asafoetida

½ tsp chilli powder (optional)

2-3 red chillies, broken in pieces

2-3 green chillies, slit

¼ cup groundnuts

15-20 pieces of cashew nuts

1 ½ cups of raw mango gratings (adjust as per taste)

Salt

Method:

1. Wash the rice and in add enough water and cook. The grains should be separated but well cooked. Cool and fluff the rice.

2. In a kadhai/wok add the oil and heat. Splutter the mustard, add the urid daal fry till it reddens.

3. Then add the groundnuts and fry till you get a pleasant aroma of fried groundnuts. Now add the red and green chillies, curry leaves, hing/asafoetida . Give a quick stir and add the cashew nuts.

4. Remove from flame add the rice, salt and mango grating.

5. Mix garnish with coriander and serve.

Note: This an be made out of leftover rice also!

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Comments

Priya says

April 16, 2011 at 6:52 pm

Tangy rice tempts me a lot..inviting..

Kalpana Sareesh says

April 16, 2011 at 7:39 pm

tangy n yumm rice…

savitha ramesh says

April 16, 2011 at 8:35 pm

love the rice and i love it with anything.

Nandini says

April 17, 2011 at 2:13 am

Lovely recipe! Must be very tangy!

Authenticoriyafood says

April 17, 2011 at 3:21 am

Its one delectable rice recipe !!!i had this roomie who used to make awesome mango rice…..but i have never made it myself!!! Your recipe looks quite easy to follow..and not to mention….mouth-watering too!!!

Santosh Bangar says

April 17, 2011 at 9:16 am

tangy rice is tempting

Suman Singh says

April 17, 2011 at 11:45 am

Love the flavor of raw mangoes in it..simply delicious..

divya says

April 17, 2011 at 12:25 pm

Love this anytime, any day..looks very tempting!

SravsCulinaryConcepts says

April 17, 2011 at 1:52 pm

Rice looks so tangy and delicious !!

aipi says

April 18, 2011 at 3:43 am

I am all for it anytime of the day..be it lunch, breakfast or dinner 🙂

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Smitha says

April 18, 2011 at 4:26 pm

very tempting!….I am delaying in posting mine….would love to have it again!
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Archana says

April 19, 2011 at 1:28 am

Love your comments girls. Please keep them coming!

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