MANGO FRIED RICE
Mango season always brings in festivity and cheer along with it. Chefs come up with new lip smacking mango recipes while there are umpteen mango oriented snacks dished out by proficient bakers. How can one resist the magnificent mouth watering mango dessert spreads at restaurants? On the home front it is chutney and pickles galore where mothers and grand mothers are busy preserving them to last till the next season. Just when I was yearning to post a mango recipe for this season, my sister mentioned about the Thai Mango Fried Rice which she happened to relish recently. I used mango sauce (my own concoction) for my experiment, and my Mango Fried Rice turned out delicious!
INGREDIENTS FOR MANGO SAUCE
Peeled and cubed half ripe mango - 1 cup
Green chilly - 1
Fresh ginger (peeled) - a fat 1'' piece
Garlic - 6 cloves
Powdered jaggery - 1tsp
Salt - 1tsp
Blend all the above ingredients together into a smooth sauce without adding water.
INGREDIENTS FOR FRIED MANGO RICE
Rice - 1 cup
Peeled and cubed half ripe mango - 1 cup
Finely minced beans and carrot - 1 cup
Onion ( slivered ) - 1/2 cup
Sesame oil - 4 tbsps
Red chillies - 4
Coriander seeds - 1 tbp
Mango sauce - 1 cup
METHOD
1. Wash and pressure cook rice with two cups of water and allow to cool.
2. Dry roast red chillies and coriander seeds and grind them into a coarse powder.
3. Heat two table spoons of oil and fry onion till it becomes golden brown.
4. Add the minced beans and carrot and stir fry till they are al dente.
5. Add half of the prepared mango sauce and keep frying till the vegetables become dry emanating a very pleasant aroma.
5. Add the half ripe mango cubes and fry for two or three more minutes.
6. Remove the cooked vegetables on to a plate.
7. Wash the same kadai and heat the remaining oil in it.
8. Break the lumps in the cooled rice and stir into hot oil.
9. Keep stirring till it is dry and each grain stands separate.
10. Add the remaining mango sauce and cook till it emanates a pleasant aroma.
11. Mix in the stir fried vegetables and cook on low flame till all the flavours blend well.
12. Blend in one table spoon of the ground chilly and coriander mixture.
Piping hot sweet and sour MANGO FRIED RICE is ready.
Enjoy with cucumber slices and fryums.
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