Raw Mango Sweet and Sour Chutney

"Kairicha Kairas",  A Raw Mango Sweet and Sour Chutney.

This chutney is prepared in the mango season in Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka. 

Known by different names like Sasav, Sasam or Kayras depending upon where you live. The taste is tangy sweet and sour and if refrigerated could stay up to 6 months. But rarely does it stay so long as it is licked up by family members old and young within weeks or days.

Ingredients :

• 1 raw mango peel and slice into vertical pieces.
• 1 tsp mustard seeds for tadka + 1tsp mustard seeds in paste.
• 4 tbsp grated fresh coconut.
• 1/2 tsp methi seeds.
• 2 tbsp red chilli powder.
• 4 tbsp gur or jaggery.
• pinch of asafoetida.
• Salt to taste.

• 3 tbsp oil

Method:

• Heat 1tsp oil in a pan and add the grated coconut and roast it along with 1 tsp mustard seeds till it turns light brown .Grind to a fine paste and keep aside.
• In a pan heat the remaining oil, when hot add the mustard seeds, methi seeds and asafoetida.
• Now add the raw mango slices stir and add little water about 1/2 cup and let the mango cook.
• Add the red chilli powder, jaggery and salt, cook for sometime till jaggery melts.
• Check the taste to see if the sweet sour taste is to your liking or add more chilli or jaggery to your taste.
• Add the coconut paste, cook for 2 mins and put off the flame.
• You can make this in large quantities and store in refrigerator for up to 6 months.

•  In a pan heat the remaining oil when hot add the mustard seeds and methi seeds.

• Add a pinch of asafoetida.