Mango Pulihora

Ingredients

2 cups cooked rice
1 cup Raw mango(Remove skin and grated)
1 Tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp Urad Dal/Minappappu (Black gram lentil)
1 tsp Chana Dal (Bengal Gram Lentil)
2 dry red chillies
5-6 green chillies slit lengthwise
pinch of turmeric powder
pinch of asafoetida
few curry leaves
salt to taste

1/4th cup Roasted peanuts/cashew nuts
Method

1) Cook the rice in such a way that each grain is seperate and cool. basmati rice works best.

2) Heat Oil, add mustard seeds and once they splutter add Urad Dal, chana Dal and fry until they turn light brown. Now add green and red chillies, turmeric powder, asafoetida and curry leaves and fry for few seconds.

3) Add teh grated mango and fry for 3 to 4 mins. Add salt and roasted nuts and mix. Turn off Heat and mix this with the rice.

Serve hot with appalam/vadiyalu/Raita of your choice

Indo-Chinese fried rice

I made Indo-Chinese fried rice during the weekend with fresh vegetables and came out very nice. here is the recipe

Ingredients

1.5 cups raw rice (cooked in such a way that each grain is seperate)
1 Tbsp oil
1 Tbsp sesame seeds
1 tsp each of finely chopped ginger, garlic, green chilli
1 Tbsp venegar
2 Tbsp Soy sauce
1 cup each of freshly chopped carrot, french beans, onions
1/2 cup fresh/frozen peas
1/2 cup chopped spring onions for garnish
salt to taste
Method

1) Cook the rice, cool and keep aside.

2) heat Oil, fry finely chopped garlic, ginger and green chilli and fry for few seconds

3) Add carrot and beans and stir-fry for 2 mins and then add onions and fry for 3 to 4 mins until the rawness disappears but the veggies are still crunchy. you can even add white portion of the spring onions at this step and save green portion to garnish

4) Add peas and salt and stir-fry for couple of mins. now add the seperated rice, venegar, soy sauce and mix until all the ingredients are combined.

Sending this over to Kadumanga's COT:Flavored Rice event