Manga Achar / Mango Pickle

Mango Pickle/ Manga Achar

Onam has almost reached our door steps and its high time that i post atleast some of the main curry for the " Onam Sadhya". " Sadhya" in malayalam is particularly the food served on Plaintain Leaves on special ocassion which has rice as the main dish accompanied with 20 or more varities of side dishes, following with " Payasam" ( sweet porridge).
Now here i have " manga achar" , specially for Onam.


Ingredients:
1 raw Mango
5-6 tbsp Garlic (chopped)
1/2 tbsp chilly powder ( you can also use Kashmiri chili powder)
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/4tsp fenugreek seeds
1/2 tsp asafoetida
2 red chillies
few curry leaves
salt to taste
oil

Method:

Cut mango into bite size pieces.
Mix the cut mangoes with asafoetida and salt and keep for half an hour.
Heat oil in a pan ,pop mustard seeds , fenugreek seeds following with red chillies and curry leaves.
Add chilly powder to the hot pan and take off from the heat, and roast for a few mins and let it cool.
Add mangoes and mix well, refrigerate and use.