As a kid, every summer we would travel to my hometown for vacations. The good part of going back home was the travel,  meeting the rest of the family, working on the farms/ land, and the food but looking after the mango trees, waiting for the mangoes to fall, or climbing up on the trees to pluck raw mangoes(Kairi) when we thought no one was looking was the best part. The mere thought of Kairi with a dash of salt and chili powder makes me drool.

Yes, as compared to ripe mangoes, I love Kairi for their taste and amazing colour. Raw mangoes also are rich in vitamin C, dietary fibre, and many other vital nutrients.

So today when I went for my weekly grocery shopping and saw the raw green mangoes nostalgia hit. I had to buy them. Back home I kept on thinking about what new can be made from these. I ended up making Raw Mango rice.

Ingredients:

Raw Mango-1, medium *adjust as per preferance

Fresh Grated Coconut- 3/4-1 cup

Green chillies-2-3

Jaggery-1-2 tbsp

Peanuts- handful

Mustard seeds-1 tsp

Curry leaves- few

Oil-1 Tsp

Rice- 1 cup

Water-2 cups

Salt- As per taste

Procedure:

• Wash and cube the raw mango/kairi.
• Put the coconut, chilies, raw mango, and jaggery in the mixer and grind it to a coarse paste using minimal to no water.
• Side-by-side heat water in a vessel. Let it boil, then add in salt, and finally add in the rice. Cook till it’s half done.
• In a wok, heat oil. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves. Let it splutter.
• Pour in the Kairi-coconut paste and cook it for 2-3 minutes.
• Add the half-cooked rice and let it cook in the paste.
• Finally, add in a few pieces of raw mango and roasted peanuts.
• Serve hot.

Do try it out and let me know how it turns out.