My love for Mangoes never dwindles. Every year I see myself overindulging into these fresh fruits, which makes me happy and float away into a Promised Land. Either ripe or raw, this fruit is a tongue tickler for many of us. My family loves to gorge into Mangoes once they make their appearances during summer.
This time we never missed to savor the Mangoes from my most favored organic Mango farm “Hashar’s Folly“. A year back we got introduced to the beauties that hailed from Raheel’s farm and since then there was no looking back. As the year hit the month of March it was a sweet call from the King of fruits.
This time I visited the farm with my camera and captured all what I wanted, just to flaunt what we have at our stretch here in Shimoga. Fresh and sweet Mangoes is what we all look for and my pick will always be from this farm. Our taste buds have accustomed themselves firmly on the aftertaste of these Mangoes making it difficult for us to pick on Mangoes that come from the local market.
These pictures are definitely speaking up for themeselves and they need no narration. When we visited the lovely farm we were lucky enough to meet the person Raheel himself. It was our second meeting with him since last year. The place itself is so beautiful and scenic, that you would want to take more and more pictures until the heart is satisfied. Thanks to some wonderful people like Raheel who have made Shimoga a place for obtaining one of the most special fruits that comes only once a year to satiate our platters.
The take away was immensely gratifying. Huge bags of Alphonso / Badami Mangoes that were polished in no time. We went around the orchard looking at the pretty jewels hanging from the trees, ready to be harvested. The most pretty ones were the Sindhura variety of Mangoes that had a pale pink colour on them.
The visit to Hashar’s Folly is always a memorable one. I would like to put it this way, it is one of those paradises of Shimoga. A few shots clicked my me are way too less to show you whole picture of what we experienced. But a glimpse can make you understand how beautiful a man made wonder can be if he makes up his mind to do something, specially in the field of farming.
This time I didn’t cook using these Mangoes, instead, we savoured them as they are. But this year couldn’t pass by without having a post involving Mango as the prime ingredient. Raw Mangoes on their own are savored by many. Just by mixing chopped raw mangoes with salt and chilli powder can slake the taste buds. I keep myself aside from eating raw mangoes directly, while the husband is the other way round. Raw Mangoes that are in a cooked form, chutney / thambuli or may be as a pickle is ideal for me.
The most favorite way is of-course Mavinkai Chitranna (Raw Mango rice). This could be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner. The personal favorite is to dunk every spoon of it into beaten curd or thambuli and savor. There are ideally two ways to make Raw Mango rice. I follow an easy method, still, the traditional method of grinding all the ingredients is the best way to make Mango rice.
I’m elaborating both the methods here. You may follow whichever is suitable and comfortable.
Raw Mango Rice (Mavinkai Chitranna)
- Mavinkai Chitranna is a rice based recipe that uses Raw Mango as the prime ingredient. Tempered using the right spices it makes a good breakfast, lunch or dinner!
Ingredients
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METHOD 1 (Grinding Method):
- 1 Cup – Rice (Soaked in Water for half and Hour)
- 2 Cups – Water
- 1/2 Cup minus 1 tbsp – Raw Mango (Peeled and Grated)
- 5 tbsp – Coconut (Grated and Roasted lightly)
- 2 – Green Chillies
- 1/4 tsp – Fenugreek Seeds (Methi Seeds) (Lightly Roasted)
- 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds (Lightly Roasted)
- 3 tbsp – Vegetable Oil
- 1/2 tsp – Mustard Seeds
- 1/2 tsp – Urad Dal / Black gram split lentil
- 1/2 tsp – Channa Dal / Yellow split peas
- 2 tbsp – Unroasted Peanuts
- 2 tbsp – Cashew Nuts – (Broken into bits)
- 2 twigs – Curry Leaves
- 3 – Dry red chillies – (Broken into bits)
- 1/2 tsp – Turmeric Powder
- 1/4 cup – Coriander Leaves – (Chopped)
- 1 tsp – Table Salt
- 1 Cup – Rice (Soaked in Water for half and Hour)
- 2 Cups – Water
- 3 tbsp – Vegetable Oil
- 1/2 tsp – Mustard Seeds
- 1/2 tsp – Urad Dal / Black gram split lentil
- 1/2 tsp – Channa Dal / Yellow split peas
- 2 tbsp – Unroasted Peanuts
- 2 tbsp – Cashew Nuts (Broken into bits)
- 2 twigs – Curry Leaves
- 2 – Green Chillies
- 3 – Dry red chillies (Broken into bits)
- 1/2 Cup minus 1 tbsp – Raw Mango – (Peeled and Grated)
- 1/2 tsp – Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp – Table Salt
- 1/4 cup – Coriander Leaves (Chopped)
For the Rice:
For the Ground Masala:
Seasoning:
Other Ingredients
METHOD 2 (Simpler Method)
For the Rice:
Seasoning
Others:
Directions
- Make sure you have clean dry hands before you start the process.
- After a good wash, let the mangoes dry naturally on a kitchen towel.
- Chop the mangoes into small pieces. I chopped them into very tiny chunks so that the Mango flavour oozes out well.
- Add the chopped Mangoes into a glass mixing bowl. Crush the rock salt with a mortar and pestle (makes the salt fast dissolving). Add the crushed salt and mix well with a wooden ladle. Let it rest for half and hour.
- Roast the fenugreek and mustard seeds together in a small wok till the mustard seeds start spluttering. I roast the seeds together because there are good chances of having burnt mustard seeds. Let it cool.
- Grind the seeds to a fine powder in a sun dried blender or mixie jar. Make sure the jar is completely sun dried.
- Into the glass mixing bowl, add the chilli powder. Give it a good mix with a wooden spoon.
- Next add the mustard and methi powder and give it a good mix.
- Store the pickle in a clean Glass/Ceramic Jar. Store it in a refrigerator. You can use it immediately or you can wait for a week and then consume.
Wow! What a presentation. Raw mango rice is a must have dish in the marriage parties. I felt elated on seeing organic farms.
Thanks Cherie :)
Hi,
You pose nice recipes, and the accompanying photographs are also very nice. I had one question, in many recipes you say 1/2 a cup minus 1tbsp. What exactly do you mean by that ? Does reducing 1tbsp makes any difference?
Hi DN,
1 tbsp is quite a large quantity. Just in order to be precise and help readers understand I specify such measurements. In ordinary words I would say “a little less than 1/2 a cup”. :) In the above recipe adding more grated mango might make the rice a bit more sour. Just as simple :)
Dear Pratiba. Been so Long time since you posted anything. I hope everything is fine on your side and your family. I was anxious hence wrote you an email also. Take care Pratiba.
-Ajantha.
Hello :) I’m doing good. Nothing to worry. :) Thank you so much for the email. I was lost in my own world of activities. I’m all good to go now. :)
You never fail to amaze me with your writings. I always check your photographs and writing first and then hop over to see the recipe. I have tried your biriyani, mango cake and eggless mug cake. all have turned out well. i even tried your kerala gravy and it is the best gravy ive tasted so far. keep posting such yummy recipes… love your blog. big fan… Thumba khushi agutte nim blog odakke… cheers…. !!!!
Shilpa : Thank you for your encouraging words. :) The Kerala Gravy is my favorite too. Thanks again. :)