Watch: Kadu Manga or Kerala mango pickle
A cooked pickle recipe made with seasonal raw mangoes
This is a cooked pickle recipe and includes raw mangoes, ginger and garlic, mustard seeds, sesame seed oil, chilli powder, and fenugreek powder.
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
4 medium-sized mangoes
2 tsps salt
½ tsp (Hing) asafoetida
1 pod of garlic
2-inch piece of ginger
1 tsp of fenugreek
2 tsps gingelly or coconut oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
2 sprigs of curry leaves
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
2-3 tbsp of Kashmiri chilli powder
200 ml hot water
1 teaspoon vinegar
Method
Step: 1
Wash and clean the mangoes thoroughly. Wipe well, as we will be using the skin as well.
Step: 2
Cut the mangoes into small pieces with the skin.
Step: 3
Keep the mango pieces preferably in a glass bowl. Add two teaspoons of salt and ½ teaspoon of hing. Mix well and allow resting for two to three hours with its lid closed.
Step: 4
Meantime, take one pod of garlic, remove the skin and then slice it into small pieces and keep aside.
Step: 5
Take the ginger, cut it into small pieces, and keep it aside.
Step: 6
In a small pan, dry roast one teaspoon of fenugreek and powder it with a mortar and pestle or a coffee grinder, and keep aside.
Step: 7
Heat two teaspoons of gingelly oil in a pan and splutter one teaspoon of mustard seeds in it. Add sliced garlic and ginger and cook for a minute, until the raw smell dissipates.
Step: 8
Add two sprigs of curry leaves and half a teaspoon of turmeric powder.
Step: 9
Then add two to three tablespoons of Kashmiri chilli powder and mix well for 10 to 15 seconds on low flame.
Step: 10
Add 200 ml of water and one teaspoon of vinegar and allow it to boil. Also, add half a teaspoon of the roasted fenugreek powder and then put off the flame.
Step: 11
Add the mango pieces with or without the juice from it and continuously stir for a few minutes. Add more salt, if required.
The pickle is ready. Transfer it to a bowl and allow it to cool before storing it in a jar. Keep it in the refrigerator for longer use.
Recipe courtesy: Sobha Varghese is a homemaker based in Mumbai, India. Sobha runs a popular YouTube blog called ‘Sobha's Kitchenette’ that focuses on authentic and traditional Kerala recipes
Video by: Raji Varghese, Special to Gulf News