Mango recipes

Maavinakaayi tambli | Raw mango tambli

By Leena Hegde, Puttanamane

Ingredients A quick look Step by step Notes

Maavinakaayi or raw mango tambli is seasonal as it requires a fresh raw (unripe) mango. This summer special tambli makes lunch cool when the sun is burning outside. Mango tambli recipe is simple and straightforward to make and at the same time it is a soothing side dish for rice with its mixed aroma of fresh raw mango, coconut, and spices.

Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

0 Cool off time

0 Total time

20 mins

Course

Curry

Diet

Vegetarian

Difficulty level

Easy

Servings

2 cups

Ingredients

1 small raw (unripe) mango
1 cup fresh buttermilk
½ cup grated fresh coconut
1 green chilli
10-12 curry leaves
1 teaspoon coconut oil or any edible oil
½ teaspoon mustard seeds
1 pinch asafoetida
1 pinch turmeric powder
Salt as required
Water as required

Cookware / Utensils

Bowl(s)
Spoon
Tempering pan

Instructions

Grate ½ cup fresh coconut.
Rinse, peel, and chop mango.
Add grated coconut, chopped mango, green chilli, and 5-6 curry leaves to a mixer jar.
Add water as required, and grind them to smooth puree.
Take the ground puree in a bowl.
Add 1 cup fresh buttermilk and mix well.
Add salt as required. Mix well.
Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a small pan. Add 1 pinch asafoetida, ½ teaspoon mustard seeds.
Let the mustard seeds crackle. Then add 1 pinch turmeric powder, 5-6 curry leaves.
Add the tempering to tambli. Mix well and serve with plain rice.

Step by step guide

How to make maavinakaayi tambli

1. Grate ½ cup fresh coconut.

2. Rinse, peel, and chop mango.

3. Add grated coconut, chopped mango, green chilli, and 5-6 curry leaves to a mixer jar.

4. Add water as required, and grind them to smooth puree.

5. Take the ground puree in a bowl.

6. Add 1 cup fresh buttermilk and mix well.

7. Add salt as required. Mix well.

8. Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a small pan. Add 1 pinch asafoetida, ½ teaspoon mustard seeds. Let the mustard seeds crackle. Then add 1 pinch turmeric powder, 5-6 curry leaves.

9. Add the tempering to tambli. Mix well and serve with plain rice.

Notes

Use less to medium sour mango to make mango tambli.
Add fresh buttermilk especially to mango tambli. Sour buttermilk makes mango tambli sourer.
If you are making this tambli to use as a cold drink, you can add additional 1 cup buttermilk. I.e. total 2 cups of buttermilk. And make sure to add additional salt as required.
Make sure to grind the ingredients really smooth, especially when using tambli as a beverage.