Raw mango onion soup

RAW MANGO ONION / RASAM / SOUP / TOHA

Recipe by Kavita Namdev . [ Grannys recipe from Chhattisgarh ]

INGREDIENTS

• Raw mango – 1
• Onion – 1 small
• Green chillies – 2 or 3 or as per taste
• Coriander leaves – 1/4 or 1/2 cup
• Garlic – 2
• Oil /ghee – 1 tsp
• Jeera – 1/2 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Jaggery – 1/4 tsp [optional ]

METHOD

Grind coriander leaves + garlic + green chilli into fine paste by adding little water.

Slice the mango into big pieces with skin ,we also need the seed.

Remove the skin of the onion and cut into 4. [don’t separate ]

Pressure cook the mango slices + mango seeds + onion upto 3 or 4 whistles.

Allow the pressure to release.

Mash and scrape of the pulp from the skin and discard it .

Add the coriander leaves paste + salt + jaggery and mix well.

Adjust water if required .

Not very watery or very thick – soup texture.

Heat oil in a small pan , add jeera and let it splutter .

Add the mango mixture and mix well .

Simmer for few seconds and off the flame.

Serve hot with steamed rice with any side dish Or have it plain like soup .

Best part is licking /sucking the mango seed.

NOTES 

1. Luvd the flavour of fresh coriander leaves + raw garlic + tangy mango etc etc.
2. Jaggery is optional  – can add toha khatta meetha nd teekha taste.
3. You can also add the skin.

BENEFITS OF RAW MANGO

1. Raw mango contains vitamin A and Vitamin E that enhances one’s hormonal system.
2. unripe mango yields as much Vitamin C as 35 apples, 18 bananas, nine lemons and three oranges.
3. Unripe mangoes help in treating liver disorders because they increase the secretion of bile acids and clean the intestines of bacterial infections.
4. Eating unripe mangoes with salt prevents the excessive loss of water from the body.

BENEFITS OF ONION

1. Onion is low in calories and provides healthy phytochemicals, flavonoids, sulfur compounds and heart-healthy allicin.
2. Onions are also one of the best food sources of chromium, which may enhance the action of insulin and help metabolize carbohydrates, fat and protein.

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