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Easy south Indian lunch idea

Easy south Indian lunch idea with mango rice, vazhaithandu mor kootu, masala vadai and fryums. Step by step guide on how I prepared this lunch thali.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian
Servings: 2
Author: Raks Anand

Ingredients

  • Raw mango
  • Banana stem
  • onion
  • Chana dal

Instructions

  • I soaked for masala vada 3 hours prior cooking.
  • First pressure cooked rice (1 cup for mango rice, ½ cup to use as plain rice).
  • Mean while, chopped banana stem, cooked it.
  • Grated mangoes and kept all the other ingredients like curry leaves, chilli, curd ready.
  • Had grated coconut ready, so ground for kootu and finished kootu first.
  • Tempered for kootu, then prepared mango mixture for mango rice.
  • Once rice was done, kept it for cooling down.
  • Ground for masala vada and chopped onion and other required items, mixed and kept ready for making vada.
  • Mixed the rice, kept aside and prepared masala vada lastly hot.
  • Same oil, I fried some colourful star fryums.