Mango Rice Recipe (Mavinakayi Chitranna)
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Mango rice (Mavinakayi Chitranna) is a tangy, aromatic rice dish from Karnataka made with unripe green mangoes, coconut, and tempering spices. The combination of sour mango, nutty sesame seeds, and peanuts creates a comforting, flavorful one-dish meal. Serve it warm as a lunch or dinner main.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 4- 1.5 cup rice (- any regular non-sticky short-grained or medium-grained Indian rice variety or basmati rice)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon oil
- 2.5 cups water
- ½ cup grated fresh coconut
- 1.5 cups chopped mangoes (- 250 grams, peeled raw unripe green mangoes)
- 3 to 4 dried red chilies (- broken and deseeded)
- 1 green chili (- chopped, ½ to 1 teaspoon chopped)
- 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds
- 2 teaspoons peanuts
- 1 teaspoon jaggery (or add as required, optional)
- 3 tablespoons peanut oil (or sesame oil or any oil)
- 1 or 2 dried red chilies (- broken and deseeded)
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon chana dal (- optional)
- 1 teaspoon urad dal (- optional)
- 3 to 4 tablespoons peanuts
- 1 pinch asafoetida (- hing)
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric))
- 12 to 15 curry leaves (or 1 sprig of curry leaves)
- salt (as required)
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 40M
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- Prep
- 25m
- Cook
- 15m
- Sodium
- 593mg
- Total sugar
- 3g
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Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 295mg
- Calcium
- 26mg
- Iron
- 2mg
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- PREP
- 25M
- SODIUM
- 593MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.