Mangai/Raw Mango Sweet Pachadi

Today's recipe is raw mango pachadi which is a must in our Tamil new year festive menu,made this one for Tamil New Year.This is a simple and easy to make pachadi which has a mixed taste of sweet,salt,tangy and bit spicy which goes very well with curd rice and sambhar rice.Now to the recipe.......

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Mango	1no.
Jaggery	1/4-1/2cup
Red chilly powder	1/4tsp
Salt	to taste

To temper

Ingredient	Quantity
Oil	1tsp
Curry leaves	1 sprig
Mustard seeds/kadugu	1tsp
Urad dhal/ullutham paruppu	1tsp
Dried red chilly(broken)	1no.

Method

              Peel the skin of the mango,slice it to thin pieces and powder the jaggery and keep aside.       

• Put the sliced mangoes in a pan,add 1/2 cup of water,salt,red chilly powder and cook it covered in a medium flame till it becomes soft.Now mash half of the mango pieces.

• Add the jaggery,cook it till the jaggery melts or approximately 3-5 minutes.

• In a separate pan do the tempering and add it to the mango and mix it well.

• Mango Pachadi is ready.

Enjoy..........................................

• Grated coconut can also be added after the jaggery melts.
• If you want the pachadi to be mushy and jam like consistency,grate the mango in a grater and cook it.
• It can be stored in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
• Jaggery can be substituted with sugar and the amount of jaggery or sugar depends on the sourness of the mango.