Mango Rice

So many types of pulihoras. Many of them, we can prepare at any time. But some are seasonal. Mango, a special summer fruit. Now lets know how to make pulihora from raw mango. Very verry easy.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup rice
1/4 cup gratted raw mango
2 or 3 chillies
1 small carrot (optional)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp turmeric powder
few coriander leaves (optional)
salt

TEMPERING

1/2 tbsp oil
4 pepper seeds
few peanuts
cashew nuts
1 tsp channa dal
1 tsp split urad dal
1 tsp thill (optional)
1 red chilli (optional)
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4tsp sesame seeds
1/4 tsp jeera
pinch of hingh (optional)
1 curry leaf

PROCEDURE

-grate the raw mango and mix salt and turmeric powder so that by the time you mix it to rice it will become little soft.
-wash the rice and cook it with 2 cups of water either in pressure cooker or rice cooker.
-let it cool.
-now make the rice loose. Add mango and mix well. It must be little sour.
-take oil in a wide pan (khadai) and heat it. Add pepper seeds, peanuts, cashew, channa dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, jeera, red chilli one by one. Fry them till the urad dal turns into light yellow colour. Now add curryleaf, cut chillies and fry till the chillies turn into pale. Now add sesame seads and hingh. Add grated carrot.
-add finely chopped coriander leaves.
-now add this to rice and mix well.
-taste it. If necessary, add salt or mango.
-ready to eat.

TIPS

-if you want the rice to be like biryani rice, then take 13/4 cups of water instead of 2 cups and add 1 tsp of oil.