Spicy Mango Tadka

Mango! a favourite seasonal fruit for many of us. Mango is a superfruit as it tastes best with any kind of recipes. You can make traditional andhra aavakaya pickle (mango cut pieces in oil with mustard, red chilly and fenugreek powder) or maagai (dry mango slices in aavakaya gravy), mango cut instant pachadi, mango shredded pickle, mango jelly, mango jam, mango juice to name a few!

This spicy mango tadka is a fresh, easy and spicy tongue tinkler dish. You can make this instantly as a festival dish or as a side dish with any food.

Ingredients

Raw mango - 1

Fenugreek powder - 1/2 Tspoon

Salt - 1.5 Tspoon

Chilly powder - 1.5 tspoon

Oil - 2 spoons

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tspoon

Curry leaves - 3

Hing/Asafoetida - 1/2 Tspoon

Garlic slices - few (optional)

Procedure

• Wash mango, peal off the skin and cut mango in to small pieces.
• Add salt and chilly powder to the pieces and mix them well to make sure they are properly coated.
• Take a shallow frying pan, add oil and heat on a low flame.
• Once oil gets heated, add mustard seeds. When they splutter, add curry leaves, garlic slices, hing, and methi/fenugreek powder.
• Stir for a minute on a very low flame. Switch off the stove and add the seasoning to the spice coated mango pieces. If you want more gravy effect, you may add 3 tspoons of mustard powder made out of dry roasted mustard seeds.
• Your spicy mango tadka is ready!