Maavinakaayi Chitranna | Karnataka style Raw Mango Rice
Mavinakayi Chitranna is a traditional dish from Karnataka made with raw mango, spices and rice. Gluten Free and vegan too!
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker sub with rice cooker / open pan / Instant Pot
- Spice Grinder
- Ladle
Ingredients
- 1 cup short grained rice about 200 grams
- 1 cup raw mango Grated- with or without skin
- 1.25 tsp Salt or to taste
- 2 TBSP Jaggery grated
- 4 TBSP Oil pref sesame / groundnut, divided use
Spice Paste:
- 1/3 cup coconut grated, fresh or frozen
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 5-6 green chillies
- 1/4 cup coriander leaves with the tender steam
- 3 red chiles adjust spice
Tempering:
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/2 TBSP Channa Dal Bengal gram
- 1 TBSP Urad Dal split black gram
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 2 TBSP peanuts or cashew nuts, or both
- 2 tsp chopped coriander leaves
Instructions
- Soak the rice for 5 mins. Drain and cook till all the grains separate.
- Fluff the rice with 2 tbsp oil and ½ tsp turmeric. Cool in a large plate.
- Grind all the masala ingredients along with grated coconut into a thick paste.
- Add no or very little water to this paste.
- In a skillet, make the tempering. Add the masala paste and fry till the masala leaves the side of the pan.
- Now add the grated mango
- Pour the above tempering + masala on the rice and mix well gently. Take care not to break the rice grains.
- Add the salt, jaggery, coriander leaves and mix well again
- Serve as it is or with curd (it actually doesn’t need any accompaniment).
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