Thurumu Pachchadi

You can make several spicy pickles or chutneys with raw mangoes. This grated mango pickle is an instant one where we don't need to wait for days. We can consume this instantly. Also remember that this might get spoiled soon if we do not handle it with care as we use less proportions of salt when compared to the long life pickle.

Thurumu pachchadi

Make sure to choose the small variety as they will be more sour in taste.

Ingredients:

2 cups of grated raw green mangoes (washed and wiped dry)

2 tbsps red chilli pwd

1 tbsp roasted mustard ground into powder (aava pindi)

1 1/2 tsps roasted fenugreek ground into powder (menthi podi)

1 1/2 tbsps salt

4-5 tbsps Sesame oil (til/nuvvulu)

For popu/tadka/seasoning:

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tbsp channa dal (bengal gram) – optional

pinch methi seeds

2 dry red chillis

10-12 curry leaves

1/2 tbsp oil

Method:
Combine grated mango, red chilli pwd, mustard pwd, methi pwd, salt and 2-3 tbsp oil in a vessel.

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a vessel, add mustard seeds and let them splutter. Add methi seeds, dals, red chilli, garlic and stir fry till the dals turn red. Add curry leaves and stir fry for a few seconds before turning off the heat.

Pour this seasoning over the mango mixture and combine well. Store in a clean, dry bottle and refrigerate. This pickle can be eaten within two to three hours of preparation.

NOTE:
Sesame oil is best, but just in case you don’t have sesame, you can use any oil. Remember to prepare pickles in moisture free area.

Mango chutney / Maamidi kaaya thokku pachadi

This is like an instant pickle but with little salt and oil. Can go as a nice companion with rice. This will taste more delicious when pounded in a hand mortar rather than in electric grinders.

Mango chutney

Ingredients:
2 medium raw mangoes
Roasted Chili - 4-5 or Chili powder - 2 tsp

Salt as per taste

For seasoning -
Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Garlic - 3 - 4 cloves
Dry chili - 1 or 2
Curry leaves - 1 string

Green mangoes

Chop the mango and grind the mango pieces coarsely with salt and chili. For seasoning, heat a pan with oil. Add mustard, curry leaves, chili and garlic one after the other. Add the seasoning to the mango mixture. This can be preserved upto 3 days with out keeping it in the fridge. This will taste more from second day onwards.

This is also a nice companion for any daal recipe

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Mango Rice

This is one of the famous rice varieties we prepare during summer / festival season, as this is the right time for the lovely mangos. The rice will taste delicious with mixture of sweet and sour flavours.

Mango rice with rice cracker

Ingredients:

1 Cup Rice
1 3/4th water (This may vary depending on the type of rice. If the rice is newly harvested then you need to add bit less water and if the rice is old enough then you need to add bit more water)
Grated raw mango – 1/2 cup
Grated ginger - 1 tblsp
Green chilli – 6 - Grind into paste
Salt – 1 tsp (Adjust as per your taste)


For tempering:

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Ground nuts / Pea nuts - 2 tsp
Channa dal (Bengal gram / Senagapappu) - 1 tsp
Urad dal (Black gram / Minapappu) - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - Hand full
Red chilli - 3 – 4
Turmeric - ½ tsp
Oil - 3 tbsp

Method:

Boil the rice and spread the grains into a wide plate without any lumps and allow it to cool.

Grated Mango, Green Chilli paste, Grated Ginger

Heat a deep pan with oil. When the oil is hot enough add Red chilli & ground nuts together. Just before the ground nuts started changing the colour, add chana daal, and then urad daal, mustard seeds, turmeric, salt,  ginger paste and curry leaves. Fry all the above for about 2 minutes or until they get roasted well. Finally add the grated mango and fry for 2 minutes and remove from the stove.

Add the tempering to the rice and mix together.

Rice ready to mix with sweet and sour flavours

Mix rice very gently with the mango tempering using a broad spoon preferable slotted one. I was told my a food expert that, if we mix it with hands, the life span of the food will be low and gets spoiled quickly. So, friends lets follow the experts tip.

Enjoy......