Manga achar /mango pickle

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.