Thursday, December 3, 2009

Kaduku Manga Achar / Pickled Mango

Kanji, payar and manga achar, (rice gruel, green grams sauteed and pickled mango) this used to be a traditional supper in most homes in Kerala. Thinking of mangoes make my mouth water and when its pickled even more.

Here is my attempt at making some pickle at home because the store bought ones are loaded with salt and whatever other preservatives you can think of. I hope you will enjoy this homemade pickle.

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Ingredients:
Mango - 1 Large
Mustard - 1 Tspn
Ginger - 1 Tbspn chopped fine
Garlic - 1 Tbspn chopped fine
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Green Chili - 6 nos chopped
Fenugreek - 1/8 tspn
Asafoetida -1/4 tspn (add less if you don't like its flavor too much)
Salt - to taste
Turmeric Powder - 1/8 tspn
Chili Powder - 2 Tbspn
Gingely oil-2 Tbspn
Vinegar-1/2 cup

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Method:

There are many ways to pickle. One is to salt the mango and leave it in the refrigerator over night and then pickle it the next day. This is to soften the mangoes. However, I like them crispy so, cut them quite small and then do a tempering of all the ingredients and mix.

1. Clean and dry the mango
2. Cut them into small pieces, hopefully the picture is helpful to guage
3. Add 2 Tbspn of oil into a hot pan and splutter mustard
4. Keep adding each ingredient in the order of curry leaves, ginger, chili, garlic and then the powders sauteing after each addition
5. Add 1/2 cup of vinegar and switch the fire off
6. Once this mixture cools add it to the mango and check for salt
7. Let the salt be slightly on the higher side, because when the mango marinates in the mixture the salt and sourness of the mango will blend to taste good

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Contributor: Sunitha

60 comments:

  1. ayyo sherikkum vaayil vellam varunnu.super click!!!Kandittu onnu thottu nakkaan thoonunu.

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  2. Oru rakshayumillallo...kidilan, iniyendha...kurachu thayir chorum koodi undengil...hmmm..:)

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  3. eeshoye....thakarthu..Kanji , payar,manga..pappadam..heaven...vayilkappal odunnu..

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  4. Mango pickle .....yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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  5. Entallo adipoliiiiii...ingane garbhiniye kothipichal dosham kittum kettoooooooo....Oru bottle parcel cheyyooooooo...Ivide manga kitunilla.

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  6. wow........mouthwatering pickle dear.

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  7. Love the name kaduku mango pickle. Lovely presentation and mouthwatering pickle!

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  8. pickle looks so tempting!...mouth watering...very nice click!

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  9. Lovely mouth watering mang o pickle my favourite always.

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  10. woo mouthwatering pickle..perfect with curd rice..

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  11. Thats a lovely pic,love this tangy pickle with curd rice...

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  12. very inviting pickle ....nice clicks !

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  13. I love this..even we maker similar like this with raw mangoes.perfect with curd rice..

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  14. first time on your blog and welcomed by this treat. seeing this pickle my mouth is watering...would love to have some with paratha.

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  15. Wow....tempting pickle...wish I could get some mangoes here..nice click.

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  16. Tangy and tempting pickled mango..its kinda hard to get raw mangoes here, am just craving rite now for those spicy pickle..

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  17. Heyy this is my favourite pickle.. I love it when made fresh.. Yeah but Garlic is never used in Palakad cooking.. and we call it Manga Curry.

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  18. Lovely mango pickle..My mouth is becoming sour seeing this

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  19. From where have got mangoes?? I will have to wait till next summers to make Mango pickle with your recipes. Fabulous one.

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  20. Yummy yummy mouth watering pickle. Nice click.

    Chitchat

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  21. ummmm yum...oh i love these mango pickles so much..seeing the picture is enough for mouth to water..

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  22. Beautiful Clicks. This is the only Mango pickle I like.I'm more partial to Lime pickles.Ginger and Garlic must have made it even more picklious delicious. I normally make this without ginger and garlic.Will try ur version.

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  23. Kanditte vayil vellam varunneey...i am not good at making pickles...yum yummmmm

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  24. This simply looks delicious.
    And all this time I thought it was kadu manga achar.

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  25. I can keep having curd rice and this achar for one meal after another without any complaints :-)

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  26. Mango pickle is my all time favorite,especially when its home made!!!Very colorful and creative pic:)

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  27. very tempting pickles...nice click.

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  28. Ohhhhhhh...I am drooling here... Remembe the days mom makes these pickles and me and grandmom will sneak into kitchen silently and eat it as such!!
    Looks sooooooooo spicy delicious! Loved the first click so much!

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  29. Love this pickle & ready instantly too

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  30. wow what atempting pickle.never tried adding garlic and ginger.gorgeous click

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  31. tht looks awesome, i can eat spoonfuls of this :)

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  32. Oh! This looks and sounds so amazing! I love any kind of pickles, Mango pickles, Mmmmm, I can't wait to give it a try. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe:)

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  33. Love this pickle with curd rice. Lovely pictures

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  34. mouth watering pickle..i jus luv this cut and mix pickle..yum to have in cold weather

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  35. you are making me drool at this pic and yeah home-made is best :)..
    hugs and smiles

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  36. mouthwaterin pickle...nice combo with curd rice.

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  37. wow! lovely presentaion! so temptingg!!!

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  38. Lovely photos, Especially the spices

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  39. Lovely photos, Especially the spices

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  40. Love snacking on this...looks so good!

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  41. Thank you for stopping by all..
    Anshika: I get the mangoes from the Indian store. They seem to carry it all year round.

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  42. Wow!Love that!We call it mukkala pachadi and it just tastes heavenly..although I never ventured to make this at home or for that matter any pickles..Mom makes it and I agree store bought ones do taste salty..

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  43. Looks fantastic, great pictures...

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  44. I really like the method you chose to pickle. I have never pickled anything myself but, I really enjoy the flavor of pickled vegetables.

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  45. oh wow great job my hubby would love this

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  46. Yummy pickle.perfect match for curd rice,love this

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  47. That a really nice color on the pickle.

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  48. Hi dear, tiffen rice is nothing but idly/dosa rice

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  49. I couldn't bring down my eyes to read the recipe, as I was stucked at the second photo :):) I think I'll never manage to do a mango pickle as each time I buy, I finish it raw with chilly powder & salt :):)

    the pickle looks so yummm, slurp slurp, my mouth is watering!!!

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  51. Nice pickle. Could you specify whether the chilly powder is red chilly powder or kashmiri chilly powder? I doubted coz only kashmiri chilly powder gives the desired red colour.. whereas red chilly powder makes it spicy (I love it spicy). But since you have also used green chillies do we stick to kashmiri chilly powder? Also can we substitute gingelly oil with sesame oil? Will there be any taste difference? Thanks for sharing this recipe.

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  52. Hello Kaala I did not use Kashmiri chilly but the regular chilli powder. If you want to add kashmiir chilli do that and a little etc like a tspn or so to make it hotter. Gingelly and sesame oil are both the same.. both are from sesame seeds or til/ellu etc.

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  54. pretty cool stuff here thank you!!!!!!!

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