Cut mango pickle/Venthaya mangai oorukai

This is the most simple and easy pickle to make .You can use the long mangoe variety (kili mooku) which is not very sour.It is also called milagai manga or venthaya manga pickle because  we add red chillies  and fenugreek seeds(powder)(fenugreek is called vendhayam in Tamil and red chillies are called Milagai in Tamil).It is a perfect combination for curd rice especially in summer when lot of these mangoes are available.

Ingredients

Mango	1
Salt	To taste
Gingelly Oil	1tbs
Asafoetida	1/4tsp
Mustard seeds	1tsp
Chilli powder	1tsp

Roast and ground

Fenugreek seeds	2tbs
Red chillies	4

Dry roast red chillies and fenugreek seeds,powder it and keep it.You cannot use all of them just a little for this pickle.

1.Wash and cut the mango in to small blocks.

2.Put it in a glass bowl and add salt, chilli powder and asafoetida.

3.Mix well and add  1/2 spoon of roast and powdered chilli and fenugreek  powder.                            

                                     

 

  4.Heat oil in a pan crackle mustard seeds and pour over the mangoes.Allow it to settle for sometime and store it in a dry glass bottle.

5.Store it in the refrigerator if you want to keep it for more than a day.