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Ingredients
- Raw mango (grated): 250 gm
- Ajwain (carom seeds): ⅓ tsp
- Mangrela (kalonji, onion seeds): ⅓ tsp
- Saunf (fennel seeds): ⅓ tsp
- Rai (black mustard Seeds): ⅓ tsp
- Methi dana (fenugreek seeds): a pinch
- Haldi (Turmeric): ⅓ tsp
- Kashmiri chilli powder: ⅓ tsp
- Mustard oil: 50 ml
- Salt to taste
- Green chillies or dried red chillies: as per taste.
Kachche aam ka koocha ( a grated…
My Dadi’s favourite. I can still feel her company when I have this koocha. The word ‘koocha’ means that which has…
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Ingredients
- Green mangoes: 1 kg
- Turmeric powder: ½ tsp
- Salt: 1 tsp
- Red chilli powder: to taste
- Coriander seeds: 4 tsp
- Saunf (fennel) seeds: 4 (2+2) tsp
- Jeera (cumin): 3 tsp
- Sarson (mustard seeds): 1 tsp
- Mustard oil: 1½ cup
Mrs. Shanti Lal’s aam achaar
I’m making mango pickle, my mil’s recipe after 35 years! The recipe is on an old inland letter which, for safekeeping,…
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Ingredients
- Raw mango: 1 kg
- Salt (mix of white/sendha/kaala}: 2-3 tbsp (or as per taste)
- Red chilli powder: 3-4 tbsp (or as per taste)
- Hing (asafoetida): 2 tsp (depending on its potency)
- Sugar/powdered jaggery: 350-400 gm (adjust to taste)
Hing wala aam achaar (mango pickle with…
In Kanpur, we shifted into an apartment in 1993 and our neighbours there had a hing (asafoetida) factory. We first ate…
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Ingredients
- Carrots (gajar) peeled: 2 kg
- Turnip (shalgam) peeled: 1 kg
- Cauliflower (gobhi) cut into florets: ½ kg
- Jaggery (powdered or finely chopped): 300 gm
- Mustard oil: 150 ml
- Salt to taste
- Red chilli powder: 1 tsp
- Garam masala: 1 tsp
- Black pepper powder: ½ tsp
- Ginger paste: 40 gm
- Garlic paste: 40 gm
- Onion paste: 40 gm
- Rai (small mustard seeds)(coarsely ground): 40 gm
- White vinegar: 150 ml
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Ingredients
- Raw mango: 1 kg
- Mustard oil: 100 gm
- Salt: 100-120 gm
- Fenugreek seeds: 40 gm
- Onion seeds: 20 gm
- Fennel: 20 gm
- Turmeric: 1½ tsp
- Red chilli powder (optional): 2 tsp
- Whole red chillies (optional): 10-15
Raw mango pickle
I am the fourth generation in my family to follow this super-simple mango pickle recipe, passed on by my great-grandmother. As…