Mambazha Pulissery

Hello everyone,

Mambazha pulissery or mambazha mor kuzhambu is a delicious mango curry made with mangoes, yogurt, coconut and spices. This authentic kerala dish has sweet and sour taste. It is served as part of onam sadhya.

 

I tasted mambazha pulissery for the first time in thalathoor heritage resort, Kazargod. Resort's owner aunty prepared this authentic curry with whole mangoes for our lunch. It was amazing. We don’t get small mangoes here in US so I chopped the mango to prepare this curry. Here you go, below is the recipe.

Ingredients:

Ripe Mango - 1 big or 2 small

Water -  1/2 cup

Curd or Yogurt -  2 1/2 cup

Turmeric Powder -

Jaggery - 1 or 2 tsp as per mango taste(optional)

Salt to taste

To grind:

Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup

Green chili - 1

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

To Temper:

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Red chili - 1 split into 2 halves

Coconut oil - 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Peel the skin of mango and chop it into rough pieces. 

2. In a pan, add chopped mangoes, 1/2 cup water, pinch of salt, jaggery(optional). Cook them in medium heat for 3-4 mins. Switch off the heat. Allow the mangoes to cool down.

4.Meanwhile, grind the ingredients under 'To grind' section with little water to smooth paste.

5. Take curd in a vessel or bowl, add ground coconut paste, salt, turmeric powder. Mix well. 

6. Add the curd coconut mix to the mango. Stir well so that curd is mixed well with mango.

7. Turn on the stove, cook the curd mango mix for 2 mins in low flame. Switch off the heat.

8. Heat coconut oil in small skillet, add mustard seeds, red chili and curry leaves. Once it splutters add it to the cooked curry.

9. Serve with hot steamed rice and any choice of kaara kari.

Notes:

1. Always use ripe mango. 

2. Add jaggery if the mango is sour. 

3. Cook the curry in low heat to avoid curdling.

4.I always use less spice. Add an extra chili as per taste.

Mango Rice

Hello everyone,

Mango rice or manga saadham is very delicious rice which is similar to lemon rice with tangy taste. My mom used to make this but I was not fond of it. My MIL makes when its mango season. I like to take it for lunchbox.

 

This is the season for mangoes. My husband went to Indian store and bought raw mango. Its been long time since I made rice with mango. Hence, I decided to make it for lunch. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

Grated Raw Mango - 1 cup

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Cooked Rice - 2 cups

Salt as per taste

Coriander leaves - few for garnishing

 

To Temper:

Oil - 1tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1tsp

Urad dal - 1 1/2 tsp

Chana dal - 2 tsp

Hing a pinch

Green chili -  1 slit

Curry leaves - few

Peanuts - 1/4 cup

 

Method

1. Dry roast the peanuts and keep it aside. Make sure not to burn the peanuts.
2. Heat oil in a kadai, add the ingredients under 'To Temper' section except curry leaves, green chili and roasted peanuts.
3. When the mustard seeds splutters and the dal turns brown, add curry leaves, green chili and peanuts.
4. Add turmeric powder, grated mango. Mix well.
5. Sauté for 2-3 mins or until the grated mango shrinks.
6. Take cooked rice in a large bowl, add the mango mix, salt, grated coconut and coriander leaves. Mix well without breaking the rice.
7.  Mango rice is ready to serve with appalam or any vadaam.

 

Notes:

1. Rice has to be cooked in such a way that it is not sticky and the grain are separate.
2. Rice has to be cooled.
3. I always use less spice so that my son can eat. If you want the rice to be more spicy, add 1-2 red or greed chili.
4. Skip step 1 if you have roasted peanuts.