Mango Paruppu

This is a simple recipe with raw mango. My MIL taught me this one and she told me that this recipe is famous is north arcot side. I am basically a mango lover. So I like this recipe and made this last week. Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Mango - 1 cup (chop it into small cubes)
2. Toor dhall - 3/4 cup
3. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
4. Green chillies - 2 (acc to taste) (chop it)
   
5. Ginger - a small piece (chop it)
   
6. Salt to taste

For seasoning:-

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Urad dhall - 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves - few

Cook the toor dhall with a pinch of turmeric powder. Also cook the mango till it is 3/4 done. In the mean time, pre heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, add urad dhall, green chillies and ginger and saute for a minute. Now add the 3/4th cooked mango to it along with 1/4 cup of water. Add the remaining turmeric powder and let it boil for couple of mts. Now add the cooked toor dhall to the above ingredients, add salt and let every thing mix together for another 3 to 5 mts. Adjust the water according to the required consistency. Garnsih it with curry leaves. This can be eaten as side dish for even chapathis, main dish along with rice. My MIL usually ask us to eat this as a side dish for paruppu saadam.

Mango & Banana Muffin

I can eat mangoes any time. I love this fruit. While I was reading a post in Ramya Bala's blog, I came across this recipe which tempted me to try and I followed the same recipe with some changes. Here is the recipe I followed.

Ingredients:-

1. All purpose flour (maida) - 1 1/2 cups
2. Salt - little less than 1/4 tsp
3. Baking Soda - 1 tsp
4. Baking powder - 2 tsp
5. Sugar - 1/2 cup
   
6. Eggs - 2
7. mango Pulp - 1/2 cup
8. Mashed Banana - 1/2 cup
9. Butter - 1/2 cup **

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a bowl, mix all the dry ingredients well so that it mixes together. In a separate bowl, beat eggs adding a teaspoon of water. Add it to the dry ingredients along with mango pulp and mashed banana. Mix the batter well so that no lumps are formed. Arrange the muffin cups and fill the cups with 3/4th of batter. Bake it for 15 mts or until it becomes golden brown. Check it inserting a tooth pick and it should come out clean. The final result was really amazing. My husband said, it tasted like banana nut muffin. But i didn't added nuts. May be next time I will add nuts instead of mango pulp.

** - I added crisco instead of butter. the measurements will be given in the crisco box that how to replace it in the place of butter. I followed the same instruction to replace butter

Mango Pachadi 2

This is how we make mango pachadi in my mom's place. In every kerala Iyers' family, we use coconut for most of the recipes. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Mango - 1 cup (chopped into cubes)
2. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
3. Salt to taste
4. Jaggery - 2 tbsp (acc to taste)
5. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
6. Coconut - 1 1/2 tbsp
7. Red chillies - 2 (acc to taste)
8. Rice flour - 2 tsp
   

For seasoning:-

1. Oil - 1/2 tsp
2. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
3. Urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
4. Curry leaves - few
5. Asafoetida powder - a pinch

First fry mustard seeds (given in ingredients), coconut and red chillies to golden brown. Let it cool and grind it into a fine paste. Take a pan, put the mangoes, add required amount of water, turmeric powder, salt and let it cook till the mango becomes tender. Now add the grounded mixture to it and let it cook for another 3 mts. Add jaggery and let it cook for another 2 mts. Let everything mix nicely together. In order to adjust the consistency, mix the rice flour with 2 tbsp of water and pour it on top the pachadi. Turn off the stove when the required consistency arrives. Take a pan, pre heat oil, add mustard seeds when it splutters add urad dhall, asafoetida powder and curry leaves and fry it till golden brown. Pour it on top of pachadi.

Mango Thokku

This is something I make very often whenever its mango season. This is very good side dish for curd rice. Here is how I make mango thokku.

Ingredients:-

1. Raw Mango - 1 cup
2. Sesame oil - 2 tbsp
3. Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
   
4. Red chillies powder - 3/4 tsp (acc to taste)
5. Salt to taste
6. Jaggery - 2 tbsp (acc to taste)
7. Fenugreek powder - 1 tsp
8. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
9. Asafoetida powder - a pinch
   

First peel off the skin from the mango and cut it into small cubes. Microwave it for 2 mts (this process is optional if we microwave mangoes, it may take less time to cook on stove top or we can directly cook on stove top). Pre heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add asafoetida powder, mango, required amount of water, turmeric powder, red chillies powder and salt and let everything cook for 10 mts till the mango becomes tender and mushy. Oil will spread out of the mango. Now add jaggery to it and mix it well and let it cook for another 3 mts. This thokku should not be watery. When it comes like a ball, turn off the stove. Now sprinkle the fenugreek powder*** on top of it and mix it well. Now thokku is ready to serve. This is a wonder full side dish for curd rice, chapathi, or rotis.

*** - fry 2 tsp of fenugreek in a dry pan, to golden brown. grind it into a fine powder and store it. This can be used as a medicine for mouth sore.

Mango Vatha Kozhambu

I have never tasted this before. When my MIL told me to try making this one, I was really confused whether to try it or leave it. As we say necessity is the mother of invention, I ran of vegetables and left with 1 ripe mango. So thought of trying this one today. Surprisingly, it tasted really good. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Ripe Mango** - 1 Cut it into 4 big pieces
2. Tamarind - a medium lemon sized.
3. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
4. Salt to taste
5. Sambar powder - 3/4 tsp
6. Red chilly powder - 1/4 tsp
7. Jaggery - 2 tsp (optional)

For seasoning:-

1. Sesame Oil - 5 tbsp
2. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
3. Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
4. Curry leaves - few
5. Asafoetida powder - a pinch

Take a pan, pre heat oil, add mustard seeds when it crackles, add fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, asafoetida powder and let it fry till golden brown. In the mean time, squeeze out the juice from tamarind and keep it aside. You may need nearly 2 cups of tamarind juice. When the ingredients becomes golden brown, add the tamarind water, turmeric powder, sambar powder, red chillies powder, salt and let it cook for 5 mts. Now add the cut mangoes in it and let it cook under low flame for 15 mts. A nice mixed aroma of mango, tamarind, sambar powder will come out of the kozhambu after 15 mts. Now add the jaggery. If necessary, mix 1/2 tsp of rice flour in 2 tbsp of water and pour it on top of it and let it boil for another 3 to 5 mts. Serve it hot with rice and potato curry will be a wonderful sidedish for this rice. Mangoes can be used as side dish for curd rice.

Mango Sambar

This is another sambar, my grandma used to make. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Ripe Mango - 1 cup (chopped)
2. Tamarind Paste - 3/4 tsp
   
3. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
4. Sambar powder - 1 tsp
5. Jaggery - 1 1/2 tbsp
   
6. Salt to taste
7. Coconut - 1 tsp
8. Coriander seeds - 3/4 tsp
9. Red chillies -1
10. Asafoetida powder - a pinch
11. Toor dhall - 1 cup (cooked)

For seasoning:-

1. Oil - 2 tsp
2. Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
3. Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
4. Curry leaves - few

First pressure cook toor dhall with a pinch of turmeric powder and keep it aside. Take a pan, pre heat oil, fry coriander seeds, coconut, red chillies and asafoetida powder to golden brown and grind it into a fine paste. Keep it aside.

This recipe is more like regular sambar. First put the chopped mangoes, tamarind paste, Jaggery water, turmeric powder, sambar powder and salt and let it cook for 10 mts. Add the coconut paste to it and let it cook for another 3 mts. Now add the cooked toor dhall to it and let it mix with mango ingredients. This is mango sambar. This can be eaten with rice.

Mango & Banana Juice

This is one of my favorite juice. Here is how I make this juice.

Ingredients:-

1. Banana - 1
2. mango - 1 cup (cut it into cubes)
3. Ice cubes - few
4. Sugar - 5 tbsop
5. Milk - 1 cup

Freeze banana for an hour. After an hour, put everything including banana in a blender and blend it nicely. Enjoy!

Mango Lassi

Today I made mango lassi for my buddies. It was really good and here is the recipe.

Ingreditents:-

1. Mango - 2 cups
2. Yogurt (curd) - 1/4 cup
3. Milk - 1/2 cup
4. vanilla Ice cream - 3 tbsp (optional)
   
5. Sugar - Required amount
6. Water - 1/4 cup (water)
   

First grind mango once, then add yogurt, milk, ice cream sugar and water and grind it again. Serve it with ice cubes. Enjoy!!

If you use fat free milk, then avoid using water and increase the quantity of milk.

Mango Juice

This is a simple juice with mango. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Ripe Mango - 1 cup
2. Sugar - required amount
3. Water - 1/2 cup
4. Saffron - few (optional)

Grind the ingredients 1, 2 and 3 in a blender into a fine juice. Pour it in a glass, add ice cubes and saffron to it and enjoy.

Mango Rice

This is another recipe which I like a lot. This rice is made out of raw mango. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Raw Mango - 1 cup (shredded)
2. Basmati Rice or Regular rice - 1 cup (measuring cup)
3. Sesame Oil - 2 tbsp
4. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
5. Salt to taste
6. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
7. Urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
8. Channa dhall - 1/2 tsp
9. Green chillies - 2 (acc to taste)
10. ginger - a small piece
11. Ground nuts or Peanuts - 2 tbsp
12. Cashew nuts - 1 tbsp
13. Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
14. Curry leaves - few

If you are using basmati rice, then soak the rice in water for 20 mts and pressure cook it upto 2 whistles and let it cool. If its a regular rice, then wash it and pressure cook it upto 2 whistles and let it cool. Now take a pan, pre heat the oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dhall, channa dhall, green chillies, ginger, curry leaves, cashews and groundnuts and fry it till golden brown. Now add the shredded mango to it. Add turmeric powder and salt(required for mango and rice) and sprinkle 1/4 cup of water to it and let it cook for 10 mts. Since the mango is already shredded it will take less time to cook. When it is fully cooked, put it on top of the rice and mix everything thoroughly. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

Mango pachadi

This is one of the yummiest receipe and its easy to make. The main ingredients are as follow.
Ingredients:-

1. Raw mango - 1/2 (chop it into cubes)
2. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
3. salt to taste
4. Jaggery - 1 tbsp

For Seasoning:-

1. oil - 1 tsp
2. mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
3. Urid dal - 1/4 tsp
4. Red chillies - 1
5. Curry leaves - 5 or 6 nos.

Take a wide pan, put the mangoes in it and add a cup of water, turmeric powder and salt to it. Let it cook for 10 mts. The mango should be tender. Now add the jaggery to it and let it boil for another 2 mts. The consistency should be kind of thick and watery. You should be able to pour it. If its more watery, mix a teaspoon of rice flour with 3 or 4 tbsp water and pour it on top of it and let it boil for another 2 mts. Pachadi is ready now. Now pre heat the oil in a seasoning pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add urid dal, red chillies and asafoetida powder. Fry it till golden brown. Pour it on top of the Pachadi and put the curry leaves on top of it. Mix it well. Now pachadi is ready to serve. It will have sour taste from mango, sweet taste from jaggery and spicy taste from red chillies.

Mango kozhambu

"Manga kootan" - this is how we call it in my mom's place. This is more like more kozhambu. This is how I do mango kootan. The main ingredients are as follow..

Ingredients:-

1. Raw mango - 1/2 (chop it into cubes)
   
2. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
3. Salt to taste
4. Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
5. Red chillies - 3 or 4
6. Coconut - 2 tbsp
7. Curd(or thick butter milk) - 1 cup

For seasoning:-

1. oil - 1 1/2 tsp
2. mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
3. curry leaves - 5-6 nos
4. red chillies - 1
5. asafoetida powder - a pinch

Take a small pan, pre heat 1/2 tsp oil and fry fenugreek seeds and red chillies, to golden brown. Turn off the stove and add coconut to it and stir it. Let it cool and grind it in to a fine paste.

Take a wide pan, put the mango pieces in it with a cup of water and add turmeric powder and salt to it and let it cook for 7 mts. The mango should be tender. Now add the coconut paste to it and let it boil for another 5 mts. When everything is mixed, turn off the stove and add the curd(or butter milk) to it and stir it thoroughly so that the mango mix with the curd thoroughly.

Take a small pan, pre heat the remaining oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add red chillies, asafoetida powder and curry leaves to it and pour it on top of the mango sambar. We can use this sambar with rice. This is a good side dish for chapathis(i like to eat it with chapathi). Try this and lemme know your comments