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Am Ka Achar (indian Mango Pickles)

Cuisine: Indian
Courses: Starters and appetizers
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

24   Unripe mangoes
4 cups 948mlOil
3 tablespoons 45mlSalt
1 tablespoon 15mlCoriander seeds
1 tablespoon 15mlWhite cumin seeds
1 tablespoon 15mlMustard seeds
1 tablespoon 15mlOnion seeds - (or) finely minced onion
1 tablespoon 15mlGarlic - finely minced
1 cup 237mlRed chilli powder

Recipe Instructions

Wash the mangoes and wipe dry. Cut into quarters.  Mix the salt into the mangoes and spread out on a tray or baking tin and dry in the sun 2 or 3 days, until the skin of the fruit becomes soft and pliable.

Fry all the whole spices in 2 cups of the oil until they are light brown.  Remove from the oil and grind to a smooth paste. Set aside.  Put the rest of the oil in a saucepan and heat well. Add all the ground spices and stir for 1 minute. Add all the dry mangoes.

Stir together over fire very briefly and remove immediately. Allow to cool completely to room temperature.  When cool, place the achar in airtight containers and store at room temperature. This achar can be preserved for at least one year.

Source:
Namrata Subrahmanya

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