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Instant mango pickle recipe, how to make instant mango pickle. Instant mango pickle is so easy to make and in just under 10 minutes.  Summer is here to stay for another couple of months more and mangoes are in season. My son loves mango pickle and when he insisted on some to have with rice; I made this instant mango pickle. What I like about this pickle is the ease at which it can be made and the light crunchiness of the fresh mangoes. Usually, in Kerala this mango pickle is made for Onam sadhya or a marriage sadya, or for a simple feast. The grinded mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds gives it a nice punch and the gingelly oil gives it a unique flavor. A fat pinch of asofoietida or hing (kayam) make this pickle even more tasty and yum. Instant mango pickle video tutorial. Other Pickle Recipes: Kerala Lemon Pickle Amla Achar Bittergourd and Carrot Pickle Ginger Pickle Instant Mango Pickle Recipe PREP TIME : 5 mins     |  COOK TI...

Pacha Manga Chammanthi ; is Kerala's own traditional Raw Mango Chutney, made with raw mango, coconut, shallots, and green chilies. Its vegan and low calorie and so easy to make! When I got some organic mangoes from my friend's backyard; I was so happy.....the first thing I did was preserve some of the mangoes (will post soon) and then made mango pickle, mango rice, mango curry   and this chammathi or chutney. Nothing beats the taste of fresh organic backyard mango! Manga Chammanthi and hot kanji (rice gruel) is a combination favored by Malayali....the so called comfort food! Chammanthi can be roughly translated to chutney; though it is not watery as most chutneys are. Pacha literally means green, in Malayalam cookery the word green is usually associated with raw food. This raw mango chutney, does not need any cooking at all. Traditionally, you put the freshly grated coconut into a stone grinder along with cubed raw mangoes, shallots, green chilies, and salt....just gr...

          Kerala style lemon pickle, made with garden fresh birds eye chilly locally known as "kandari mulaku". Garlic and ginger adds a healthy touch to the pickle. Gingelly oil is used in this pickle and is restricted to just a tablespoon. Piri piri chilli or bird's eye chillies are extremely pungent and very very very hot!! This one is a true traditional South Kerala pickle, popular among the Syrian Christian Community. My Kerala lemon pickle which I have posted earlier, is made with red chilly powder....the recipe is almost the same....except we are using fresh green chilies here. I view cooking as a bit differently, for me the preparation of good food is a way of showing love and making old recipes a way of honoring our ancestors and loved ones....and that is why I love vintage family recipes, especially my grandmother's Rustic apple tart , pineapple peel wine , shrimp rice etc. Talking about family recipes, this one is from my mother-in-l...

Monday mornings remind me of my favorite song "Manic Monday" by Bangles....six o clock already I was just in a middle of a dream...... School reopened after 10-days onam holidays.....so today morning was chaotic. A few days back I got this "Vadukapul" or wild lemon from a friend (she lives in the ground floor of our building). She is a retired teacher and taught me how to make this pickle. This lemon is usually pickled during onam season......the sour level of this lemon is very high compared to ordinary lemon. I was told to fry or saute the whole lemon in oil for sometime and when it is cooled,  peel of the skin and then proceed to make the pickle. The reason she told me to fry the whole lemon was that it reduce the sourness.....and yes I found that she was right....I don't know what is the science behind it....also she told me that the frying makes the lemony part inside half cooked. This is a no-garlic pickle. So lets get pickling!! Ingredie...

I make cheemen (prawns) pickle often because my son just loves it. He loves to take it school and "share" with his friends and I end up making 2 batches a week.

An update: My friend Jay of Tasty Appetite has prepared this pickle and posted on her blog. Summer is the best season for making pickles; Kerala Lemon Pickle is easy to make and my favorite, my other personal favorites are fish pickle , irrumban puli pickle , ginger pickle , carrot and bittergourd pickle , green chilly pickle . Amla (nellikka) has so many health benefits and is also used in Ayurveda medicines and tonics. It is supposed to have the highest concentration of vitamin C, improves eyesight etc. Though it is slightly sour at first when you have it raw.....slowly the sweetness of the gooseberry tingles your taste buds. During my childhood, my cousins, my brothers, and myself used to put it in salt water for a day or two....and used to have it in between our out door games. This nellikka achar is very simple and easy to make.....there is no garlic or ginger in it....if you like you can add....but I like it plain....the story behind this pickle is that, my amma cam...

Fish pickle recipe, how to make Kerala fish pickle with step by step pictures. We abstain from fish and meat during lent......until Easter. I made this fish pickle a few days ago and could not post it right away. Fish pickle is something which amma used to make right from as long as I can remember. She used to send it to my hostel, and I remember my friends used to devour it right from the old Horlicks bottle and they used to spread it on bread slices.....one bottle will be over by 10 min... Fish pickle can be made with sardine, butter fish (moda), seer fish, prawns, anchovies, promphret....except mackerel. Fish has to be marinated with red chilly powder, salt, and pepper powder; then deep fried preferably in gingelly oil; why the frying???..well it is to remove any moisture in the fish....so we need to fry the fish till it is very crispy....I love adding lots of garlic in my pickle, someone once told me that garlic is good for cholesterol so I add a bit too much, if you are n...