Malnad Special Appe Midi Uppinakayi Recipe - Tender Mango Pickle

Steps

1. 1To begin making the Malnad Special Appe Midi Uppinakayi Recipe (Tender Mango Pickle), mangoes are cleaned and pat dried until no remains of water is seen.
2. 2Take a glass or ceramic jar with airtight lid, add salt and tender mangoes. Mix well keep this closed for 10 days so, such that the mangoes shrink with occasional mixing using dry spoon.
3. 3Dry roast the red chillies in a pan for a minute or till crisp and keep aside.
4. 4Now dry roast the mustard for few seconds and keep this aside.
5. 5Using dry mixer jar make a fine paste of the red chili with mustard seeds, turmeric powder and hing.
6. 6Mix this pickle masala paste with the salted Appe Midi.
7. 7Heat oil in pan, cool and pour this on the pickle mixture. Close the jar and incubate this pickle for 1 to 2 months.
8. 8This pickle is a good side dish with rice and can be served as whole or chopped into fine pieces along with inner seed.
9. 9Serve Malnad Special Appe Midi Uppinakayi Recipe (Tender Mango Pickle) along with Steamed rice, Alasande Kaalu Saaru Recipe (Malnad Style Black Eyed Beans Curry) and Aralu Sandige Recipe with a Gorikayi Palya Recipe for sides.