Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Mango Thokku


 On the request of my friend, i am writing this recipe.Manga thokku is most people's favourite.Now you get mangoes all round the year.Now since summer is approaching mangoes are easily available.I used one big kili mooku manga for this.





Ingredients

Mango(raw)
1
Turmeric powder
1/4tsp
Chilli powder
1tbs
Salt
3tsp
Asafoetida
1/4tsp
Fenugreek powder
1/4tsp
Jaggery
1tsp


To Temper
Gingelly oil
2tbs
Mustard seeds
1tsp

Method
1.Roast the fenugreek seeds in very little gingelly oil,cool and powder it.you cannot powder 1/4tsp so make it more and use later.Peel the skin of the mango and shred it into thin small pieces.
Heat Gingelly  oil in a pan and add mustard seeds when it crackles add the shredded mango and cook for five minutes by then the mango would have become soft.

2.Add Turmeric powder,chilli powder and salt and cook it few more minutes.

3.Add Asafoetida and jaggery and cook till the oil seperates like in the picture.cool and store in a glass bottle.


You can adjust the salt,chilli powder according to your taste.
Adding jaggery is optional some people may not like it.
If kept in the refrigerator it can be used for a month.

1 comment:

Shylaja said...

Looks very delicious. Wish I had some