About:

It’s packed with nutritious spinach, tanginess of mango, crunchy almonds and toothy rice.

This Rice is perfect as a lunch box meal, variety rice or even as a main during those boring afternoons when you are done with the usual recipes. The punch of mango flavor does give this rice a unique taste and this is sure to make you drool and asking for more.

Health benefits:

Spinach has an extremely high nutritional value and is rich in antioxidants. It is a good source of vitamins A, B2, C and K, and also contains magnesium, manganese, folate, iron, calcium and potassium.

Yields-2 servings
Cooking time-15 minutes (Assume rice is ready)

Ingredients:

• Brown rice-1cup (can be substituted with regular white rice or Bulgur)
• Chopped onion-2medium
• Grated green mango-1 medium
• Finely Chopped spinach-1bunch
• Finely chopped green chillies-3
• Turmeric-1/2tsp
• Curry leaves-10-12
• Mustard seeds-1tsp
• Cumin seeds-1tsp
• Urad dal/black gram-2tsp
• Channa dal-2tsp
• Salt- to taste
• Oil-2tsp
• Lemon juice-to taste (optional)

For garnishing:

• Chopped fresh coriander
• Roasted peanuts/any nuts of choice

Procedure:

• Spread hot cooked rice on a broad plate and allow it to cool completely.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and as it splutters, add cumin seeds, urad dal, channa dal and saut for few seconds.
• Now add chopped onion and sauté for a minute or two/until translucent.
• Add grated mango, salt, turmeric and sauté for a minute or two.
• Then add chopped spinach and saute for a minutes.
• Add cooked rice and give it a good stir and let it cook for 2-3minutes/ until heated through on a medium flame.
• Turn off the flame- stir in lemon juice, garnish with nuts and coriander.

Serve hot with Peanut chutney

Note:

• Make sure to use green mango not the ripe one, the quantity of mango can be increased or decreased depending on the tanginess.
• Spices can also be personalised as per the taste.
• Lemon juice can be skipped if the mango is tangy enough for the taste.