Char/Achar recipes any one?

[farah]

following recipe sounds verrry spicy

Mango Char:
Sweet and sour mango achar which gets ready in minutes.

Ingredients:
Mangoes - raw mangoes about to get ripe 5 to 6 - diced and with skin

Achar masala: Kalongi, Zeera, Saunf, Ajwain, Maithi dana, Rai, pinch of everything
4 cloves of garlic peeled and sliced
4 to 5 green chillies
Brown sugar 4 tsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Red chilli crushed 1 tsp
Water - 2 to 3 tbsp
Oil for cooking - 3 tbsp

Preparation:
In a skillet bring oil to heat then crackle achar masala with and green chillies after 2 mins. add diced mangoes in it and mix it well.

Saute it until every thing get mixed then add all spices except brown sugar and mix it well again. Lower the flame and pour few spooons of water on it and then let it cook covered on really low flame for about 15 minutes .

After 10 to 15 mins U will see that mangoes are well cooked as their pulp is soft and masala has got in to them then add sugar and mix well

Serve it with rice or rotis u like u can keep it in bottle for weeks.

Tip:You can add any vegetable u want to.but cook it well.
You can serve it cold or hot as u prefer. Try to cook it without water if mangoes are really raw then add water.

Enjoy

[Riz]

hi farah..

thanks for the reciepe.

tell me something though what is "rai" in english


:) thats if you know

[farah]

mustard seeds... i'm thinking the above recipe doesn't sound like the mango/carrot spicy pickle you get from shops apart from the masala part, don't you find ajwain seeds lovely eaten on their own?

[Riz]

mustard seeds... i'm thinking the above recipe doesn't sound like the mango/carrot spicy pickle you get from shops apart from the masala part, don't you find ajwain seeds lovely eaten on their own?


a -ha !! mustard seeds thanks farah :)