Manga achar /mango pickle

Ingredients

• Raw Mango /Pacha Manga : 1 large
• Ginger /Inji : 1 tablespoons (finely chopped)
• Garlic /Veluthulli  :1 tablespoons (finely chopped)
• Green chilly /Pachamulaku : 2-3 nos
• Curry leaves /Kariveppilla : 1 string
• Mustard Seeds /Kadugu : 1 tablespoons
• Vinegar : 1/2 cup
• Red Chilly powder /Mulakupodi  : 3 tablespoons or to ur spice level
• Turmeric powder /Manjalpodi : 1 teaspoon
• Asafoetida powder /Kayapodi : 1/4 teaspoon
• Fenugreek powder /Ulvapodi : 1/4 teaspoon
• Gingelly Oil /Nalenna : 3 tablespoons
• Salt  to taste

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Preparation

• Cut the mango into small pieces with the skin on.
• Add salt in to the pieces ,mix well and keep for couple of days in a tight container and keep it aside.
• On the following day heat oil in a kadai, splutter mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• Reduce the fire to low and add finely chopped ginger ,garlic and green chilly, saute till the raw smell goes.
• Add red chilly powder,turmeric powder,asafoetida powder and fenugreek powder and saute for couple of minutes.
• Add vinegar and remove from the fire. Allow it to cool. Once this mixture cools add it to the mango pieces and mix well, add salt if needed.
• Immediately transfer it to parani (porcelain jar) or glass bottle.
• Goes well with Curd rice/Kanji or any other bland preparation.