Let’s see how to make delicious Spicy Ripe Mango Pickle
It’s the time for ripe mangoes as mid-summer headed and as the summer ends & it’s the arrival of monsoon… Before mangoes disappear now is the time to store ripe mangoes.
Let us see how to make spicy pickle with sweet mangoes;
Ingredients :
- 750 gm / 4 semi-ripe mangoes.
- 1 tbsp spicy red chilly powder.
- 1 tbsp byadgi / Kashmiri chilly powder.
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder.
- Salt to taste.
- A marble size jaggery.
- 1/4 tsp ginger paste or powder.
Seasoning :
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds.
- 1/4 tsp jeera/cumin seeds.
- A dash of methi.
- A pinch of hing/asafoetida.
- Few chopped curry leaves.
- A dash of nigella/kalonji/onion seeds
- 1/4 tsp saunf/fennel seeds.
- 2 tbsp oil.
MethodÂ
- Wash, peel & cut the mangoes into small cubes.
- Add both the red chilly powder, salt to taste, turmeric powder, jaggery& ginger paste or powder.
- Add 2 cups water when it boils turn on medium flame & cook till mangoes are soft ( do not worry @ first you might find it very spicy once it thickens it won’t be very spicy & after 2 days it will be less spicy, but if you like you can reduce the spicy red chilly powder).
- Once it thickens mash half the mangoes with a back of a spoon some let it remain in cubes.
- Let’s season it heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan add the mustard seeds when it stops popping add the jeera, methi, saunf, nigella seeds, hing & the curry leaves saute till curry leaves are crisp off the flame & add them to the mango mixture & mix well.
- Simmer for 5 mins take off the heat & let it cool & refrigerate it.
Enjoy with rice or chapati.
