Recipe | Hot and Sweet Mango Chutney – Assamese Style
Summer is officially here, and mangoes are again making an appearance everywhere. Today, our reader and Creator Musky Miris, wants to share her mother’s specialty, and a household favorite : a chutney made of raw mangoes. Ingredients: 4 raw Mangoes 1 cup Jaggery 1 teaspoon Ginger extract 4-5 Green Chillies 4 Bay leaves 4 tablespoons Mustard oil ½ teaspoon Turmeric Salt to taste Preparation: Wash and peel the mangoes. Slice them thinly and discard the seeds. Finely chop the chillies Wash and peel the ginger, mash it in a mortar-pestle. Squeeze the mashed ginger to extract the juice. Directions to cook: In a wok, heat the mustard oil. As the oil heats up, put in the bay leaves. Add the sliced mangoes to the wok. Put in the turmeric, chillies and salt. Stir well, in full (gas) flame and allow the mangoes to cook and blend in with the rest of the ingredients – in the form of a paste (initial caramelization). Stir occasionally. Add the ginger extract and the jaggery. Stir well. Lower the heat …