Aam ka Achaar ( Mango Pickle)

Aam ka Achaar

 

Ingredients:
1 kg raw green mangoes (cut
into 4-8 pieces each)
1 cup white sea/rock salt
3 tbsps aniseed/fennel seeds
1 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
3 tbsps kalonji (onion seeds)
1 tbsp fenugreek seeds
5 tbsps red chilli powder
2 tsp sturmeric powder
3 cups (710 ml) mustard oil


Method:
Sterilise and thoroughly dry a glass
pickling jar.
Put the mangoes in the jar and cover with
salt. Mix well and cover the jar tightly.
Leave the jar out in the sun for a week so
that the mangoes soften.
Mix the aniseed/fennel, mustard, onion
and fenugreek seeds, chilli powder and
turmeric together.
Add this spice mix to the mangoes.
Heat the mustard oil till it smokes and
then turn off the fire. Allow the oil to cool
fully.
Pour this oil over the mangoes so that all
the pieces are submerged. Mix well.
Put the tightly covered jar back in the sun
for two weeks. Stir everyday to mix well.
Eat with stuffed parathas and yogurt or
with chapatis (Indian flatbread) and any
vegetable dish.