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Raw mango aachar (kairi lonch)

Jun-07-2017
DIVYA Khedkar
240 minutes
Prep Time
25 minutes
Cook Time
10 People
Serves
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ABOUT Raw mango aachar (kairi lonch) RECIPE

Its typical maharashtrian style achar....known as lonch....its tangy and spicy.

Recipe Tags

  • Pickling
  • Veg
  • Easy
  • Everyday
  • Maharashtra
  • Side Dishes
  • Egg Free

Ingredients Serving: 10

  1. Raw mangoes 1kg
  2. Haldi 5-6 tbspn
  3. Rock salt as per taste
  4. Oil 1 liter approx
  5. Mustard dal 200gms
  6. Whole dried red chilli 7-8
  7. Methi dana(fenugreek seeds) 2 tbspn
  8. Sauf (fennel seeds) 3 tbspn
  9. Black pepper 2 tbspn
  10. Cloves 2 tbspn
  11. Hing 1 tbspn
  12. Dalchini (cinnamon sticks) 2-3
  13. Red chilli powder 1 bowl approx 100gms (depends on taste)

Instructions

  1. Take raw mangoes....it should be very tangy...deep all raw mangoes in water and put salt....so that all pesticides and chemicals on it will be rinse off.
  2. After washing all raw mangoes drain all water and put them on dry cloth (clean cotton cloth)
  3. Make it dry nicely and chop them in desire pieces......don't make it too small...and too big...... make it in bite size pieces.
  4. Now put haldi [turmeric powder] and rock salt(try to grind rock salt in mixer little)....and rub it on raw mango pieces nicely....see that all are coated properly with haldi and salt.
  5. Keep all these pieces in strainer for 2 hrs so that water of raw mangoes drains out properly....
  6. Now remove it from strainer and put on dry cloth and let it dry for 4 hrs....you can keep it under fan too or outside in sun rays.
  7. Till it dries u make the oil preparation.....now take oil put it in pan and let it heat....don't burn the oil....put one garlic clove in oil when it will turn brown and float on top of oil....that means your oil is sufficient hot now off the flame keep that oil in dry place.
  8. Now take little..approximately 4-5 tbspn of that same oil in other pan and start frying all dry ingredients separately on low heat....and remove it in one bowl......remember not to fry them too much or else it will give bitter and burnt taste......now take all dry ingredients half in mixi and grind it (don't grind cinnamon sticks in this) and other half keep it whole.....
  9. Now u can add this mixture to that oil which you kept for cooling....add fried mustard dal also and remaining whole spices also.
  10. Now add red chilli powder and hing powder also......remember not to put red chilli powder in hot oil....oil should be luckwarm or else the powder will burn add little salt in this oil mixture
  11. Now let this whole oil mixture cool for 5 hrs.....till the time you take those raw mangoes piece( which you kept for drying) and take one one piece and pat with other dry cloth and put this in one big container.....now add oil mixture in it and stir properly....check salt and spice properly and fill it in jar.
  12. Dnt keep it open tie one small cotton cloth on jar don't put lid on it...keep it away from sunlight.... ster it properly after every 5-6 days....after 21 days u can eat it...enjoy the spicy aachar

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Mani Kaur
Jun-08-2017
Mani Kaur   Jun-08-2017

One of my favourites....

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