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Mango Thokku

November 1, 2011 By Aarthi 18 Comments

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Pickles are one of my family favorite…Specially people in this house go crazy for mango pickles..Infact amma finished this entire lot within two days,even though I mentioned her to keep some for me..He He..
If you don’t like some sweet taste coming through this pickle, please don’t add jaggery in this..But I love this taste..Actually this pickle is great for eating as it is..

 I hope you love it and off you go for the step by step recipe with pictures..
Ingrediants:
Raw Mango-4
Chilli powder-1 tblspn
Mustard seeds / Kaduku-1 tsp
Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tsp
Asafoetida / Kaya podi / Hing- ¼ tsp
Jaggery / Vellam / Sarkarai -1 tblspn
Salt to taste
Oil- ¼ cup
Method:
Peel and grate mangoes and put this in a kadai and pour some water over it..
Cover and let it steam for 10-15 mins untill the mangoes are cooked..Remove and set aside.
Now heat oil in a kadai and add in mustard and cumin seeds and allow it to crackle..
Now add in hing, chilli powder and salt to this..
Now add in cooked mangoes and mix well..Add in jaggery and mix well.
Cover it with a lid and simmer for 15-20 mins until oil floats on top..
Let this cool completely before storing in a air tight container..
Refrigerate for several weeks..
Pictorial:
Take all your ingrediants
Peel your mangoes
grate it
take it in a kadai
pour some water
cover and steam it
till cooked
remove to a bowl
heat oil
add in mustard and cumin
add in hing
and salt
and chilli powder
Let it cook for 10 sec
add in mangoes
and mix well
add jaggery in this
and mix well
cover and simmer
untill oil separates
Serve with some roti or some curd rice
Or as it is..
Store it in some air tight containers…
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Filed Under: Cumin, Hing, Jaggery, Mango, Mustard seeds, Pickle, Recent Recipes, Side Dishes, Thokku

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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Hamaree Rasoi

    November 1, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    Simply delicious and inviting mango thokku. Excellent preparation dear.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  2. SavithaRaj's Spice Land

    November 1, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    Love the look of the raw mangoes and how they turned into the spicy tokku..

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  3. Sumee

    November 1, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    Oh Yummy… i love all kinds of thokku's.. Especially nellikaayi. :o). want to try your mango version.. have u had cranberry? It's just divine.. Hopefully I can make again this cranberry season.!

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  4. Poornima Nair

    November 1, 2011 at 5:37 pm

    I would love to try this…looks delicious!

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  5. Krithi's Kitchen

    November 1, 2011 at 8:17 pm

    Droolworthy pickle… our fav too..
    Krithi's Kitchen
    Event: Serve It – Savory Baked

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  6. Chitra

    November 2, 2011 at 3:07 am

    lovely thokku

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  7. Sharmilee! :)

    November 2, 2011 at 5:08 am

    Tongue tickling pickle..yummy

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  8. Suhaina

    November 2, 2011 at 7:52 am

    cannot hold myself…my mouth is now like a sea ..truly…a ship will easily sail in it.

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  9. anthony stemke

    November 2, 2011 at 3:34 pm

    Delicious looking "pickle". I assume you treat this as a relish and eat it with foods, maybe rice.

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  10. Pegasuslegend

    November 3, 2011 at 11:21 am

    Great photo's and the instructions step by step are marvelous on this blog lovely compositions!

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  11. Priya Sreeram

    November 3, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    finger-licking good it looks

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  12. Shri

    December 13, 2011 at 6:27 pm

    Bookmarked!

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  13. Anonymous

    June 11, 2012 at 10:41 pm

    Looks yummy.
    Can it be stored in room temperature?

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  14. Aarthi

    June 12, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    @AnonymousYes u can store it in room tep for a week. But if you are making a large batch then i would advice u to store it in fridge

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  15. Mumtaz begum

    June 22, 2015 at 11:17 am

    Which oil i should use for this. Shall i use cooking oil?

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  16. Anonymous

    June 22, 2015 at 12:56 pm

    Which oil to use? Shall i use cooking?

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  17. Aarthi

    June 25, 2015 at 12:34 pm

    @Anonymoususe gingelly oil or cooking oil

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  18. sharath

    May 3, 2017 at 11:59 am

    Hi Aarthi, I found the website just accidentally, the recipes are a known heritage recipes but i would really appreciate the way the process is explained with photos and the time you have spent on it. will surely share the link with my dear ones, thanks a lot.

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