Spiced Mango Pickle
Ingredients:
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Mango Pieces (cut into small) 1 kg
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Dried Red Chillies 100gms
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Mustard seeds 50gms
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Asafoetida powder 2 tsp
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Turmeric powder 2 tsp
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Garlic(optional) 50gms
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Curry leaves 2 sprigs
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Coriander seeds 2 tsp
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Mustard seeds 2 tsp
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Peppercorns 1 tsp
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Salt 150gms
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Gingelly oil 300ml
Method:
Marinate the mango pieces in salt for 5 days. Shake the contents twice
daily. Drain the mango pieces from the salt water. Boil the salt water,
cool and strain it. Grind thered chillies and mustard seeds using the salt
water of the mangoes. Seperately dry roast the coriander seeds, mustard
seeds and peppercorns and powder them together. Heat a little oil. Fry
the mango pieces in it, a few at a time till all the mango pieces are fried
and set them aside. In the same pan, fry the garlic and curry leaves and
add to the fried mango. Mix together the masala powders and the chilly
mustard paste with the mango mixture and allow to cool. The pickle is now
ready for use. It lasts for six weeks in the fridge.