Mango Rice - How to make Raw Mango Rice or Mangai Sadam
Tangy and tasty raw mango rice or mangai sadam, from Tamil cuisine. Grate the mango with the peel and add peanuts and coconut for greater flavour. Quick Lunchbox item.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Course: Lunchbox, Main Dish
Cuisine: Indian, Tamilian
Keyword: Mangai Sadam, Mango Rice, raw mango
Servings: 2 cups
Calories: 476kcal
Author: Sujata Shukla
- 2 cups Cooked Rice
- 1 cup Raw mango grated
- 1.5 tablespoons Sesame oil / gingelly oil Or sunflower oil/ mild vegetable oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard seeds /rai / kadugu
- ⅛ teaspoon Sesame seeds /white til/ ellu
- ½ teaspoon Split bengal gram lentils /chana dal/ kadala paruppu
- ½ teaspoon Split black gram lentils /broken urad dal / ulutham paruppu
- 2 dry red chili
- 2 Green chilies
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger grated
- 1 tablespoon curry leaves minced
- 1 ½ tablespoons peanuts
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ⅛ teaspoon asafoetida powder /hing powder/ perungaiyam
- ½ teastpoont salt or to taste
- 2 tablespoons grated coconut
Pressure cook the rice for 2 whistles, keeping it slightly moist but not watery or soggy. When done and the cooker has let off steam, spread the cooked rice immediately on a plate so that it does not become sticky.
Preparation
While the rice is cooking, wash the mango well and grate it along with its peel (see the introduction above on the advantages of keeping the peel). Mince the ginger, the curry leaves. Slice the green chilies. Remove the stalk from the red chilies. Grate the coconut. Measure the mango and all the other ingredients and keep them ready to hand, so that they can be added quickly without risking burning them on the stove.
Making Mango Rice/ Mangai Sadam
Serving: 2cups | Calories: 476kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Sodium: 257mg | Potassium: 422mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 1880IU | Vitamin C: 396mg | Calcium: 100mg | Iron: 2mg