Kadumanga Achar | Kerala Manga Achar
This Nurukku Manga Achar is a 15 minute tempered Kerala Style Instant Pickle prepared with green mangoes for Onam Sadya. This pickle also doesn't require any sunlight or much of cooking process.
Servings: 1 bowl
Calories: 750kcal
Ingredients
Main ingredients
- 300 gram mangoes - unripe & green or 4 small green unripe mangoes - peeled and chopped or 1 to 1.25 cups chopped and peeled green mangoes (manga, keri, kairi or kachcha aam)
- 3 teaspoon Kashmiri Chilli Powder or red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon salt or add as per taste
For tempering the pickle
- 4 tablespoons sesame oil about ¼ cup, add more if required, can use sunflower oil or mustard oil too
- 2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- ½ teaspoon asafoetida
- 8 to 10 curry leaves
Instructions
Preparing the pickle
- Rinse the mangoes and dry them with a clean kitchen towel. There should be no trace of moisture on them. Peel their skin. To peel is optional.
- Chop them into small bite-sized pieces or cubes. Chopping is a bit tough, so use a good knife and be careful of your hands.
- The chopped mango cubes should be about 1 to 1.25 cups.
- Place them in a heat proof mixing bowl or wide dish.
- Sprinkle turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt on the mango cubes.
- Mix everything nicely with a spoon.
- The masala should nicely coat the mango cubes.
Tempering the pickle
- Heat sesame oil in a small vessel or tadka pan or small frying pan. Keep heat to a low.
- Add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and asafoetida.
- Once the mustard seeds start crackling, add the curry leaves.
- Fry for 1 to 2 seconds and then turn off the heat.
- Pour this hot tempering over the masala coated raw mango cubes.
- Mix everything with a spoon.
- Allow to cool and store the pickle in clean, sterilized glass bottles.
- The Manga Achar is ready. Serve as a side dish in Sadya meals or any of your favorite meals.
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Notes
The approximate nutrition info is for the entire pickle made with this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 750kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 61g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 25g | Monounsaturated Fat: 24g | Sodium: 2432mg | Potassium: 754mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 42g | Vitamin A: 5334IU | Vitamin B1 (Thiamine): 0.2mg | Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): 0.2mg | Vitamin B3 (Niacin): 95mg | Vitamin B6: 1mg | Vitamin C: 271mg | Vitamin E: 6mg | Vitamin K: 27µg | Calcium: 121mg | Vitamin B9 (Folate): 1084µg | Iron: 5mg | Magnesium: 76mg | Phosphorus: 130mg | Zinc: 1mg
