JOIN USUgadi is celebrated to herald the New Year according to the lunar calendar. When it comes to food, the specialities for the day are truly incredible. On this occasion, the iTiffin.in team, offers some healthy Ugadi recipes. iTiffin.in is an online-cum-offline Tiffin servicing company that offers healthy and delicious meal plans to homes and offices.
Recipe
Mango rice
Ugadi heralds the arrival of mangoes. This dish therefore uses raw green mangoes. It’s a combination of spicy and tangy taste from raw mango, and crunchy texture from dals and peanuts.
Ingredients
Cooked rice – 1 & 1/2 cups (raw rice 1/2 cup)
Oil – 1 tablespoon
Mustard seeds – ½ teaspoon
Chana dal (Bengal gram) - ½ teaspoon
Split urad dal – ½ teaspoon
Peanuts – 1 tablespoon
Curry leaves – 5-6
Dry red chili – 1, broken in 2 pieces
Grated ginger– ½ teaspoon
Green chilies – 2, slit
Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon
Asafetida (Hing) – a pinch
Raw mangoes – 1 medium or 1 cup, grated
Coconut – 2 tablespoons
Salt - to taste
Method
Wash and peel the raw mangoes. Grate it with a small grater and measure around one cup.
Heat oil in a pan on medium flame and once hot, splutter mustard seeds. Now, add chana dal, urad dal and peanuts and roast them till it becomes brown by stirring continuously. Add dry red chili and curry leaves.
Fry for a few seconds after which add ginger paste and slit green chilies. Cook them for 30 seconds. Turmeric powder, hing, salt and grated mango can be added now.
Cook this for two minutes or till the mango gets cooked and tender, then add coconut and blend so that it gets mildly roasted. Add cooked rice and gently fold in the same with the mango mixture so that rice grains don’t break. Mix well till everything gets incorporated well and rice turns yellow in colour. Cook it for two to three minutes or till rice gets heated through.