Posted By : I am Fresh
10 Feb, 2022 3:06 PM
Cooking Time : 15 Minute
Ingredients
Instructions
Before you begin take the spices and salt in small bowls and keep them in sunlight for 1 to 2 hours. This step is optional but does help in getting rid of any moisture from the spices and salt.
Later take the fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds in a dry grinder jar or a spice grinder and grind to a coarse mixture.
Rinse and wipe the unripe green mangoes and let them dry naturally. You can even wipe them dry with a clean kitchen towel.
Mango Pickle
Chop the mangoes into 1.5 inches pieces. and add them to a bowl. Discard the stones but do peel off the flesh from the stones if any. No need to remove the outer skin of the mangoes if they are soft and tender.
Take the chopped mangoes in a large non-reactive mixing bowl.
Now first add the ground fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds.
Then add fennel seeds, nigella seeds, turmeric powder, red chili powder, and salt.
With a steel or wooden spoon, mix very well so that the spices uniformly coat the mango pieces. Check the taste of the pickle masala mixture or 1 to 2 mango pieces. The taste should be slightly salty. If not, then add some more salt.
Next, pour ½ cup of mustard oil.
Mix very well.
Spoon the prepared pickle mixture in a clean ceramic jar or glass jar. Use a clean spoon.
Cover with lid and keep in sunlight for 3 to 4 days. Note that the sunlight should be very good with the strong sun rays falling on the pickle jar. It should not be cloudy or dark.
Every day after sun-drying in the evening, open the lid and give a gentle mix to the pickle with a clean spoon. Take the mango pieces settled at the bottom upwards in the jar and give a thorough mix. Basically mixing and tossing that needs to be done. Do this every day.
In the evening, get the jar inside and keep it in a cool dry place. Next morning again keep in the sunlight.
After keeping in the sunlight for 3 to 4 days, add the remaining 2.5 cups of mustard oil. Again with a clean spoon mix very well. The oil should seep inside in the jar and reach the bottom of the jar too. You want all the mango pieces to be surrounded with some oil.
Note that you do not need to heat the mustard oil. You can add more mustard oil if required. Do note that the mustard oil should float above the pickle by 2 to 3 inches Always remember to keep the oil floating above the pickle.
Seal with the lid keeps in a cool dry place for 4 days till everything gets mellowed and pickled. Initially,you may find a slightly bitter taste in the pickle, but after 6 to 7 days, the bitterness will go away. This Punjabi mango pickle stays good for a year at room temperature without refrigeration.
