Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 1 cup rice (sona masoori)
2. 1 medium sized mango or mavinakayi
3. 1/2 cup grated coconut
4. 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
5. 2 tbsp groundnut or peanuts
6. 1 tsp urad dal
7. 1 tsp chana dal or bengal gram dal
8. 1 tsp salt (or as per your taste)
9. 5 - 6 curry leaves
10. 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
11. 4 tbsp oil

Ingredients for roasting:

1. 2 - 4 red chili
2. 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
3. 1 tsp fenugreek or methi seeds
4. 5 - 6 curry leaves

Instructions for making mavinakayi chitranna or mango rice:

1. Cook the rice and keep it aside. Rice should be cooked well but not mushy.
2. Wash, peel and grate the mango. Taste the mango and use it accordingly. I used only half mango.
3. Now to begin with let us roast the ingredients listed under "for roasting". Take red chili, mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds in a pan and dry roast it.
4. Roast under medium flame until mustard seeds starts spluttering. Add in curry leaves, roast for few seconds and switch off the stove.
5. Transfer the roasted ingredients into a mixie jar and grind it into a fine powder.
6. Add in grated mango, grated coconut and grind it again.
7. If required, add in very little water while grinding. I didn't add any water. Masala is ready keep it aside.
8. Next let us prepare tempering for the mavinakayi chitranna. Take 4 tbsp of oil in a large frying pan and heat it under medium flame. At first add in ground nuts and fry until they start crackling.
9. When the groundnuts crackles, add in mustard seeds, gram dal and urad dal. Fry until mustard seed splutters.
10. Next add in curry leaves, ground masala and turmeric powder. Saute for a while and switch off the stove.
11. Add in the cooked rice and salt. Mix well using a flat spatula, serve and enjoy.

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