Today I will be making mango pickle (aam ka achar).
Mango pickle is spicy, tangy and exotic condiment.
Almost every Indian family has their own recipe for the pickles.
Pickle is a staple condiment and it can be served with any meal.
This recipe will make about 12 oz of pickle.
To make mango pickle we will need:
1 large raw green mango.
This is a special mango used for cooking or making pickle.
This is available at Indian or Asian grocery store.
I have already washed and dried the mango and cut them in small cubes
and it has made little over 2 cups of chopped cubed mango.
1 tablespoon of salt
1 tablespoon of crushed fennel seeds (saunf)
1 tablespoon of crushed coriander (dhania)
1 teaspoon of red chilli powder
1 teaspoon of fenugreek seeds (methi)
1/2 teaspoon of nigella seeds (kalonji)
1/4 teaspoons of turmeric (haldi)
And 2 tablespoons of mustard oil
Mango pickle is easy to make, no cooking involved.
But it has few steps and it takes 4-5 days before it is ready to eat.
So first I will add salt in the mango and mix it well.
And leave this for 3-4 hours to marinate.
I have already done this before it is ready
and as you see it has left the salt water.
And this has been sitting for about 3 hours.
Now I am going to squeeze the water from this mango
but don’t discard the water because we will use this later.
And as you see it has lot of water.
Now I am going to marinate the spices in the salt water
and will dry the mango for few hours.
Spread the mango slices on flat surface.
And let it dry 4-5 hours in sunlight, that is preferred.
Looks good
and mix all the spices with salt water.
Red pepper
Fenugreek seeds
Coriander
Fennel seeds
Turmeric
And kalonji.
Mix it.
And this will be also ready
when you are ready to make the pickle.
Now this is a final step to make the pickle.
These salted mango slices have been sitting for about 6 hours.
As you see they have reduced in volume
but they are still moist.
Mango shouldn’t be very dry otherwise pickle won’t be right.
These spices in the salt water has been really well
marinated and has absorbed the salt water.
So now we are going to mix the mango with the spices and oil.
Mix it well.
It’s looking really good and you can smell some of the spices.
Pickle is looking really good
very spicy and you can smell the spice.
Now I am going to put this in glass jar
and leave it for 4-5 days.
So mangoes are nicely marinated with spices.
And cover it.
Let the mango pickle sit 4-5 days.
So mangoes are nicely marinated with the spices
but you do have to stir once a day.
Mango pickle is looking great.
I have prepared this 3 days before
as the mango pickle will sit it will keep changing in color.
This is good for few months.
I like to serve this with roti, paratha and naan.
Enjoy.
Thank you.
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