Time Out and back now...

Had been a hectic month and now back to some regular blogging. Lemme start with something simple. How about some Pickle? The green mango one! Here's the recipe.

Raw sour green mango - 1 large or 2 medium Chopped finely.
Salt: a teaspoon [This could be more or less depending on your salt and the mango. So fix it.]
Red Chilli Powder: 1.5 tsp
Ground Fenugreek Seeds: 1 tsp
Asafoetida/hing: 1/2 tsp
Gingelly Oil : 2 tablespoons [If you dont have this, go buy some! Not worth making the pickle without this]

Add salt to the chopped mangoes and leave it to soak it all up for an hour.
Now Heat the oil, and when it is at a high temperature, add the powders and take it off the flame.
Pour the oil mix into the mangoes.
Taste to fix the hing/salt. Your pickle is ready.

This pickle is great with Idli/dosa/curd rice and even bread! If you know my brother, you are nodding your head :-)

P.S: I have absolutely no idea how to tell if a mango is raw or slighly ripe. Trust your shopkeeper or ring up S and ask him!