Sweet And Spicy Pickle of Grated Raw Mango ( Aam ka Chunda )

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Hello friends,
Namaskar.....

I am Sangeeta Agarwal and heartily welcome you at my food blog.

# Today's recipe is "sweet mango pickle" that is called "Aam ka chunda" in North India. You can prepare it in the summer and can enjoy it throughout the year.
It is super luscious, easy,  healthy And quick recipe.

# It tastes like a tangy mango Jam and can be eaten with Namkeen mathri, Parantha, poori and chapatis.
It is the best one with the Tiffin food.
When ever you want to have some sweeteness, you can eat it as plain like Jam.

Let us start the recipe...

# Prep Time....10 minutes
# Cook Time....20 minutes

#  Ingredients For Sweet Pickle Of Raw Mango....

1. Fresh raw mango...1 kg.
2. Sugar.....500 gram
3. Sendha salt...1 tea spoon
4. Black salt....1/2 Tea spoon
5. Black pepper...1/4 Tea spoon
6. Garam masala...1/4 Tea spoon
7. Red Chili powder...1/2 Tea spoon
7. Cardamom powder...1/2 Tea spoon ( optional )
8. Raisins....2 Table spoon ( optional )

#  Method Of Making....

1. Wash the raw mangoes well and dip them in water for 2 hours...so that all the inner heat of raw mangoes could come out through water.

2. After that place them on a strainer and make them dry with a clean cloth.

3. Now peel the raw mangoes and grate them in a big holed grater so that you will get thick and long lacche of raw mangoes.
It will give nice texture and taste to this sweet pickle.

4. Now mix the both salt in this grated mango and keep aside for rest till 1 hour.
It will help in making the Pickle soft.

5. Then place a heavy bottomed Kadhai on slow flame and add grated mango and sugar altogether.
( Flame should be slow so that it will cook well soft and juicy both.)

6. Mix and stir it well with few seconds intervals.

7. After 10 minutes, As the sugar melts and the mixture starts thickening, add raisins in it and  keep on stirring constantly.

8. After 10 minutes more, Now you will find it soft, thick and juicy.
Just check its consistency with your thumb and first finger...it should be one strand ( ek tar )
Just off the flame.
Don't overcook it... because after some time it will absorb all the sugar syrup and can turn hard.

9. Let it cool for some time.

10.  Now add black pepper powder, red Chili powder and garam masala in this lukewarm mixture.

11. As it cools completely, just transfer it in a clean jar.
In this way,   delicious, spicy and quick sweet mango pickle is ready to enjoy.
You can serve it at any time.

It will remain good till years.

# Things to consider...

1. For this Pickle, you can take "dashree or langda aam"  because it is more sweet than desi aam. It will take less sugar.
But desi aam ( Ram kela aam ) is the best one for all types of raw mango pickle.

2. Ensure, all raw mangoes are moisture less before making the pickle.

3. Don't overcook the mixture otherwise it will become hard.

4. In place of Sugar you can add crushed jaggery in this pickle.
Better to add half jaggery and half sugar.

5. For Making its delicious chutney...

In place of grating raw mangoes, you can chop the thin slices of raw mangoes.
Just make it steam in the pressure cooker on the medium low flame without adding water.
After that, mash it with a masher and cook it with the same method.
Delicious and spicy raw mangoes chutney is ready to enjoy.

6. You can make this sweet pickle sun dried too.
The method is like this...
Just mix salt and sugar and other spices along with raisins in the grated raw mangoes.
Mix everything well.
Then transfer it in a big broad pan and place it in the Sun for 5 to  7 days.
Just stir it daily.
It will take less time to be ready and will become soft.

6. Directly you can fill all ingredients or the mixture in a jar and place it in the Sunlight.
Just mix it daily with a clean spoon.

Thanku Friends,
Thanks again.