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Ammana adige mane in Kannada means mother's kitchen. This blog is aimed at those who love to cook simple home made food with minimum available ingredients.The style of recipes in this blog will be mostly Dakshina Kannada (Vegetarian) home made food. However I intend to share recipes other than authentic Dakshina Kannada cooking which include cuisines from Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Punjab...There is also something for those who like cuisine from across the sea.

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Aug 31, 2011

Mavina kai kairasa


Mavina kai kairasa
This sweet and sour mango curry is an authentic Udipi dish savoured with rice.This curry can also be prepared with, pineapple or sour grapes or capsicum. This is also called as mudduli.

Ingredients:
2 medium size sour raw mango
1/2 cup fresh coconut
1/4 cup jaggery
1 spoon cooking oil
1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds
1/4 teaspoon methi seeds (Fenugreek seeds)
1 table spoon til (sesame seeds)
8 dry red chiili
1 table spoon urad dal
2 strands of curry leaves
1/4 teaspoon hing (asefitoda)
1/4 teaspoon turmeric  powder
1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds..
Salt to taste

Preparation:

1. Wash and cut the mango into 1" pieces.
2. In a heavy bottom pan add the mango pieces, jaggery, turmeric powder, salt and 1 cup water.  Cook, covered till mangoes are just cooked. Do not over cook the mangoes
3. Heat 1/2 teaspoon oil in another pan, add red chillies, coriander seeds, til, methi seeds, hing, urad dal,   and 1 strand curry leaves and roast till,  til starts to pop.
4. Grind this roasted masala with coconut adding water to a fine paste.
5. Mix this ground paste with cooked mango, add 1/2 cup water and cook on a low flame till  the mixture boils well. Adjust salt if required. Put off the heat.
6. Prepare the tadaka in a  tadaka pan by adding . 1/2 teaspoon of oil, 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds, and 1 strand of curry leaves. When mustard splits add the tadaka to the prepared mango curry.
7. Serve hot with rice.

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