Mangai Vella Pachadi / Raw Mangoes Cooked in Spicy Jaggery Syrup

Me and Amma were cooking together yesterday. We found some raw mangoes freshly plucked from the trees backyard lying in the fridge. Amma asked me whether to cook with it or to eat it all by itself. Suddenly i remembered this recipe which i saw in a cookbook, so we decided to cook with it.

I took all the ingredients, actually it doesn’t need much ingredients at all. So simple to make, but makes out mouth tickle. It was really yummy for me when i tasted the sweet, sour and spicy stuff together. To go with this, we also made some snake gourd dishes. I will post them soon..Untill then i am leaving you guys with this recipe.

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 30 – 35 mins
Serves – 4 to 5


Ingredients:

Raw Mangoes – 2 large peeled and cubed
Water – 1 cup
Jaggery / Sarkarai / Vellam – 1/4 cup
Sambar Powder – 1 tblspn
Salt to taste

For Tempering:
Oil – 1 tblspn
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp
Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam / Methi Seeds – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 spring

Method:

Take mangoes in a kadai. Add water and cover the kadai.

Leave it to cook for 15 to 20 mins till the mangoes are fully cooked.

Now mash the mangoes well.

Add in jaggery and mix well. Cook till it is all dissolved and melted.

Add in salt and sambar powder. Mix well and cook for 5 more mins.

Make tempering by heating some oil, add in mustard, fenugreek and curry leaves.

Pour this over the pachadi and mix well.

Serve with rice.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients

Add chopped raw mangoes in a kadai

Pour in some water

Cover and cook

Now mash the mangoes

Till it is almost mashed

Now add in jaggery

Cook till it is melted

Add in salt and sambar powder

Cook for few more mins

Make tempering by heating some oil

Add in mustard, fenugreek and curry leaves

Pour it over the pachadi

Mix well

Serve