Mango Madness!!!!


The blogs are blooming with mangoes is all forms and types and tastes!!! This king of tropical fruit is probably the best loved tropical fruit all over the world.

The number of ways you can eat this fruit is abundant! Fresh cut mangoes, ice-creams, milk-shakes, puddings, custards, pastries, souffles, curries, pacchadis, pickles, salad, salsa, ……………….. ENDLESS!!

The full blown, ripe, golden fruit is prized no doubt, but even the unripe green fruit is equally prized. When the summer is at it’s peak my ma would be busy making pickles and storing them for the whole year . The most commonly loved in our house is the mango chunda (grated green mango sweet pickle), gor-keri (sweet mango pickle) and khati keri (sour mango pickle).

For the mango chunda, green mango is grated finely and mixed with sugar and a bit of salt. Now this mixture is kept for a few days under direct sunlight - balcony or terrace, for the sugar to melt and blend with the grated mango. A fine muslin cloth is tied over the vessel before it is kept under direct sunlight to prevent any misconception to the crows that its kept for them to taste and give their verdict for the same!! ;)

The same goes for gor-keri where jaggery is mixed with big chunks of raw mango with a variety of spices and marinated for a couple of day so that they blend in perfectly before they are ready to be licked !!! ;)

Sadly, in Singapore, though its pretty hot and the heat is at its peak especially in the afternoons, showers are absolutely unexpected here!! If I plan to make this here and keep the vessel in the balcony for the sugar to melt by suns heat, it would have become a soup by the time I come back home in the evening!! ;) And with the air full of moisture over here, I can surely expect fungus in them in 2-3 months time.

Endless brands of pickles are available in the market, but home made pickles have a taste of their own. So shall we………………….

Two types of Quick Mango Pickles, my entry for Nupur’s A-Z event!

 

DSC00435A

 

Chop the raw mango into small squares.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a small pan heat 2 tbsp oil and brown the jeera. Add the chopped mango pieces and stir.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add salt, 1 tbsp red chilli powder and 1 tbsp dhania jeera powder and mix well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now add about one cup of jaggery and mix well. It will dissolve in a matter of few minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once it starts to get a boil, switch off the gas and let it cool. Fill in sterilized bottles and store it in the fridge for 2-3 weeks.

 

 

========================================================

And now for the next quick pickle! Though it has mostly the same ingredients it tastes totally different than the first one!!!

Chop the mango into small pieces again. Add salt, red chilli powder and finely chopped jaggery. Now, work up your arm muscles and mix all the ingredients well with your hands, breaking any jaggery pieces if left behind. Very soon it will all melt quickly and become like a syrup. The warmth of you hands helps here!! Keep in fridge and consume it within 4-5 days! :)

=======================================================

And now, for this wonderful quick breakfast with mango…..

Take your favourite muesli, add freshly chopped mango and a huge dollop of your favourite yogurt (plain or flavoured……. mango flavour if you need a huge overdose of mango) Enjoy this wonderfully, blissfully, amazing mix of flavours to begin your morning with! :)

 

 

 

 

This goes to the wonderful Padmaja who is hosting this months WBB - “Summer Fruits”

=======================================================

And all the entries to Deepa who is hosting this months AFAM event with Mango being the theme!!!

May 19, 2007 | Filed Under Jaggery, Mango 

Comments

31 Responses to “Mango Madness!!!!”

  1. Reena on May 19th, 2007

    oh dear! that spicy pickle from spice cafe is spicalicious :lol:

  2. sra on May 19th, 2007

    Coffee, that pickle looks great, only I’ve never been able to develop a taste for sweet pickles. :sad:

  3. sia on May 19th, 2007

    oh coffee….. give me more…. :razz:

  4. Viji on May 19th, 2007

    Coffee, curd rice with your pickle - can’t resist. Nice entries. Viji

  5. roopa on May 19th, 2007

    yummy the mango pickle looks mouth watering….!…

  6. Trupti on May 19th, 2007

    Those are Classics, Coffee!! A job well done……esp. that breakfast item, lovely..! :neutral:

  7. Deepa on May 19th, 2007

    wow!!!excellent one …..3 in a row ….

  8. usha on May 19th, 2007

    Hi Coffee,
    What could i missed all this pose these many days…i was checking your other blog…where update was long back…let me update all your entries this whole week…..

    Wonderful, amazing post….still haven’t enjoyed completely ,let me enjoy allthose including cute painting andcome again to you.

  9. asha on May 19th, 2007

    YUMMO!!! Coffee,I wish I could get some green mangoes here! Those Mexican Mangoes are so stringy,I have to floss my teeth for 15 mins after eating it:))
    pickle and Mango breakfast looks delicious.I am coming over,get some Rasam and rice ready for pickle!!;D

  10. Sandeepa on May 19th, 2007

    Where is your MBP post. So you are not eating sweets and having spicy mango pickles instead

    I am letting you all put on the weight!!! ;)

  11. Cee Kay on May 19th, 2007

    I have been looking for a recipe for Methiya Keri. Can you help?

    hmm…. will have to ask my mum for that!!! Can’t promise, but will surely try. :)

  12. bee on May 19th, 2007

    we don’t get really green mangoes here. i’ll enjoy them vicariously through you.

    HMmmm….. thats strange!!

  13. Sig on May 20th, 2007

    Slurrrp… drooling, looking at that cut raw mango pictures….

  14. Sukanya on May 20th, 2007

    Hay it is wonderful entry for WBB - summer fruits…Nice one…Great pictures. Those cut raw mangoes are YUM!….Mouth watering recipes. I love it… : :razz:

  15. prema on May 20th, 2007

    Hey coffee,
    one post and 3 entries, 3 in 1 ..brilliant job. My mouth has started to water looking at the picture of the pickle..

  16. Nupur on May 20th, 2007

    Those mango pickles are making me go weak in the knees :wink: Thanks for an amazing entry!

  17. Mishmash! on May 20th, 2007

    3 in 1 :)

    Hey one doubt, the first pickle….is it sort of sweet’ish ? coz 1 tbsp chili p/w and 1 cup jaggery makes me wonder!

    It’s kinda sweet and sour. You can adjust the amount of jaggery if you prefer more sour! :)

  18. richa on May 20th, 2007

    3 in 1 sounds perrrrrfect! lovely pics too!
    psst. i’ve the same anjali cutter, but with a red knob, just cannot do without it :lol: :lol:

    You bet!!!! It’s been with me ever since I came here!!! It’s an absolute prized possesion!! :)

  19. sailaja on May 20th, 2007

    Its been a while since I visited you and look what I find.
    Wonderful entries, Coffee! It sure is Mango Madness all the way..:)

  20. archana on May 20th, 2007

    Yummmy too good. Nice entries for all the 3 events. Chunda you can prepare by heating too. Sanjeev Kapoor showed the recipe.

  21. Cynthia on May 20th, 2007

    My response to these mango dishes are too gross to write here but let’s say that… nevermind. :grin: Let’s say that they are lip-smacking good :wink:

  22. Dilip on May 21st, 2007

    great pickle dear ben…in fact my mother made some last week…I have tons of it now…will not last though…have to try your version…looks great…thanks for sharing ben..take care

  23. Ramya on May 21st, 2007

    Coffee, the pickles look lovely!!! Indeed simple and quick :)

  24. seema on May 21st, 2007

    Coffee,
    Oh!!! those green sour mangoes dipped in bright red chilli sauce(pickle) looks so very devine. A bowl of cold curd rice with a lump of this pickle on a hot summer day would just be perfect. Yummmmmmmmmmmmmm
    -
    Seema

  25. sunita on May 21st, 2007

    Wow!!! what an array of recipes…I LLLOOVVEE sweet pickles…my ma used to make them specially for me…will definitely try out your version…thanks for the recipe :smile: … you’ve got my taste buds, or rather sweet- pickle buds running haywire :grin: ….

  26. swapna on May 22nd, 2007

    The pickles are looking lovely coffee!!!I have did mango pickles just yesterday.will post on my blog by next week.
    I loved the mango break fast!!!

  27. Cee Kay on May 22nd, 2007

    Thanks! Can you email me if you find it?

    My email ID - gettingtherenow@gmail.com

  28. shaheen on May 23rd, 2007

    hmm, so u son’t like mangoes but like chundo. i just saw tripti’s mango pickle and now urs.. which one should i make first? how come u don’t grate the mangoes in chundo?

    I am for anything made with raw maangoes!!!!! :D

    This is not exactly chunda dear. Chunda is made by suns heat. This is just a modified pickle kinda thing. Chunda has sugar but this is made with jaggery. This also you can make by grating the mangoes, I like mine with slightly bigger chunks and hence do it this way! :)

  29. nz on May 23rd, 2007

    Oh coffee, I wish you could ship those pickles to me :-( We dont get mangoes here either :-( we do find some mexican ones but they are not even worth buying after you have tasted Indian mangoes.


    hmm….. email me your address and I will ship it to you! ;)

    I think I can just start selling those online. Some business it will be! What say!! ;) :P

  30. Menu Today on May 23rd, 2007

    Hi Coffee,
    Mango pickle and breakfast looks delicious. Thanks for sharing.

  31. The Spice Cafe » Sakariya nu Shaak on February 9th, 2008

    […] for three quick recipes […]

Got something to say?





:D :) ^_^ :( :o 8O :shock: 8) ;-( :lol: xD :wink: :evil: :p :whistle: :woot: :sleep: =] :sick: :straight: :ninja: :love: :kiss: :angel: :bandit: :alien:

Bad Behavior has blocked 921 access attempts in the last 7 days.