Recipe : OIL-FREE MANGO PICKLE

Its beyond imagination to even imagine the summers without mangoes. So, to begin with, lets prepare a mango recipe which will go uptill the next summers. Guess what? Yes, you are right. Its our Mango Pickle. But thinking of pickle, the image of pickle comes to our mind overfull of oil and if you take out any piece, you have to drip-out the oil. It also causes difficulty in packing. So introducing,

OIL-FREE MANGO PICKLE

Ingredients:

Mango                       5 kgs

Salt                             400 gms

Turmeric                     50 gms

Chilly                          200 gms

Asafoetida                  35 gms

Yellow mustard          300 gms .

Method:

1. Take raw mangoes of the stage that those have got developed kernels (जाली पड़ी हुई गुठली).
2. Cut mangoes into pieces of size, around 1-1 ½ inches. Remove the kernels leaving its shell with the mango pulp.
3. Wash them properly.
4. And spread it in the sun-shine and let it dry.
   
5. Fill all the mango-pieces in a big glass jar.
6. Add 300 gms. of salt into it.
7. Mix it well and keep it in the sun.
8. It would release water in 1- 1 ½ days.
9. Take mango pieces out of salt water & spread it again in the sun and let it dry for a day.
10. Microwave the whole spices namely red-chillies & yellow musturd for 1 minute each; let it cool & then crude grind.
11. Now mix all the spices (mentioned above)and the rest of the salt.
12. Put all the mix in the glass jar again and keep it in the sun for 6-7 days depending upon the sun.
13. Try to mix the pickle once or twice in a day while keeping it in the sun.
14. Now mango pickle is ready to serve. 
    

Tips: 

• I use Ramkela Mango & M.D.H Asafoetida compounded for the pickle. But if you like more sour, you can use desi mango
• For shining you can add 1tbsp oil, it will be absorbed  by the pickle & its spices.

• If you like oily-pickle, you can add it as per your taste.

Precautions:

For the long life of pickles

• Store it in a dry place.
• Always handle the pickle with clean and dry spoon; and avoid direct contacts with hand.