Raw Mango Meethi Chutney Pickle/ Chhunda

Name: Raw Mango Meethi Chutney Pickle/ Chhunda
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 kg medium sized juicy raw mangoes; 1 black cardamom, crushed coarsely; 750 gms sugar, quantity adjusted to taste depending on sweetness of mangoes; 1 teaspoon garam masala powder; 2 pinch hing; 1/2 teaspoon kali mirch powder; 1/2 teaspoon black salt; 1 inch ginger grated; 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder; 1 teaspoon salt or to taste

Sanchita Mittal @sm_thechef

Delhi

#RawMango
Raw Mango Meethi Chutney/Chhunda is a very healthy and delicious sweet and sour condiment which goes very well with roti, pooris, paranthas, theplas or even sancks.
It stays well for a year when kept in dry and cool conditions.
This is my grandmother's heirloom recipe which I am sharing today.

Sanchita Mittal @sm_thechef

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Ingredients

7 days

20 servings

1 kgmedium sized juicy raw mangoes
1black cardamom, crushed coarsely
750 gmssugar, quantity adjusted to taste depending on sweetness of mangoes
1 teaspoongaram masala powder
2 pinchhing
1/2 teaspoonkali mirch powder
1/2 teaspoonblack salt
1 inchginger grated
1/2 teaspoonred chilli powder
1 teaspoonsalt or to taste

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Steps

7 days

1

Wash, peel and grate the mangoes, remove the seed.
2

Take a clean and dry ceramic container (amritbaan) or a simple steel container, add grated mangoes, ginger, sugar and salt and mix very well.
3

Keep this in the sunshine for 5 -6 days covered with a muslin cloth, keep stirring or mixing upside down once a day with a dry spoon.
4

At the end of the day bring the container inside.
5

Gradually a 2 string sugar syrup (chashni) is built due to heat from sunlight and the mango strands become translucent.
6

Check the softness of mango strands or the lachha.
7

When it has softened add red chilli powder, garam masala powder, black salt, cardamom, kali mirch and hing powder and stir well.
8

The next day, when all spices have blended thoroughly, the pickle is ready to relish.
9

Enjoy the delicious sweet and sour pickle with paranthas, pakodas or just like that as per the choice.
10

Raw Mango Meethi chutney pickle stays good for a year.