easy mango pickle recipe | aam ka achar | instant mango pickle recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 1 Jar
- Category: pickle
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 1 raw mango (cubed)
- 2 cups water
- ¼ cup salt (add less if mangoes are not sour)
- ¼ tsp methi / fenugreek seeds
- 3 tsp cumin / jeera
- 8 tsp mustard seeds / rai
- ½ tsp hing / asafoetida
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- 4 tsp coconut oil / any oil
- 20 - 25 kashmiri red chilis / lal mirch / guntur menasu
Method
- firstly, chop the raw mangoes into small cubes and keep aside in a large bowl.
- in another saucepan, add 2 cups of water and add ¼ cup of salt.
- further, boil for 2 minutes.
- now immediately pour the boiling salt water onto the chopped mangoes and keep aside for 30 minutes.
- meanwhile, dry roast ¼ tsp methi and 3 tsp cumin seeds. keep aside.
- also dry roast 8 tsp of mustard seeds and half tsp of hing. keep aside.
- once dry roasted spices are cooled, add little turmeric.
- and blend to smooth powder.
- furthermore, add oil in the kadai.
- and roast 20 - 25 kashmiri red chilis till they puff up.
- transfer to the same blender and allow to cool completely.
- later blend to slightly coarse powder.
- add in above prepared pickle masala.
- give a good mix.
- finally, serve instant mango pickle after 2 hours. so that mangoes absorb the masala well.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.