Mavinakayi Gojju ( Menaskai) Recipe / Karnataka Style Raw Mango Curry

Recipe by Smitha Kalluraya | smithakalluraya.com

Ingredients

• 2 medium size Raw mango should be tangy
• 1/4 cup Jaggery you can adjust as per preference
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric Haldi
• 1/4 cup tamarind water
  For the masala
• 1 cup grated coconut
• 2 tsp Black Gram Urad Dal
• 1 tsp Benagl gram / chana dal1/4 tsp
• Eastern Fenugreek seeds
• 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds Jeera
• 1.5 tsp Sesame seeds/ Til ( Black / white
• 4-8 Red Chilli as per your preference
• few Curry Leaves
• 2-3 tbsp Coconut Oil /Ghee/oil ( Coconut oil preferred )
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• a small pinch Hing /Asafetida
• few Curry Leaves

Directions

1. Cut raw mango into bite sized pieces .No need to peel the skin .
2. Place diced raw mango in a pan with a cup of water , turmeric , little salt and jaggery .Cook till semi soft.
3. Meanwhile in a small pan add few drops of oil.Add all the ingredients mentioned under masala except coconut and sesame.Roast them in medium low flame till red chillies becomes crisp and dal turns golden color.Add coconut to that and just saute it , may be for 1 min.Transfer all the ingredients to a mixer jar.
4. Next,dry roast sesame seeds in the same pan till it turns golden. Add it to the mixer jar containing other roasted masala ingredients. Once its little cooled , add little water and make a very smooth paste.
5. Add this ground paste to cooked pineapple and grapes mixture and mix well.Cook this in a medium flame till the gravy starts boiling.
6. Reduce the flame to sim, add a *tbsb of raw coconut oil and allow it to boil for another 8-10 mins. Stir in between.Let the gravy thicken. *REFER NOTES
7. Season with mustard,hing and curry leaves.Switch off .
   Serve pineapple menaskai hot / warm with plain Rice / roti / dosa / Idli