Ripe Mango Paraku
Paraku is a dish prepared with coconut and curds. The best part of this recipe is that there is very little amount of cooking involved.
Ingredients
- 1 unit Ripe Mango
- 0.5 cup Curd
- 2 unit Green Chillies
- 1 cup Coconut, grated
- 3 unit Dry Red Chillies
- 2 tbsp Mustard Seeds
- 3 sprig Curry Leaves
- 1 pinch Salt (To taste)
- 2 tbsp Oil (For frying)
Instructions
- 1Cut the mango into small pieces. Add a pinch of salt and the slit green chillies. Lightly mash the mixture with your hand, ensuring not to completely smash the mango pieces.
- 2In a mixer grinder, briefly fry the dry red chillies in oil, then grind them with the grated coconut. Once a paste is formed, add one and a half tablespoons of mustard seeds and grind for a second.
- 3Add the ground coconut paste to the mango mixture. Mix thoroughly, incorporating the curd and curry leaves.
- 4In a small pan, heat oil and add mustard seeds, dry red chillies, and curry leaves. Allow them to crackle and infuse the oil, then pour the seasoned oil over the mango mixture.
- 5Apart from mango, this dish can also be prepared using a combination of tomato and onion or cucumber and onion.
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