I must start with a confession. Till I was almost a teenager, I thought Alphonso’s were the only Mangoes there were. I mean, when you grow up in Bombay and feast on Hapoos (the local name for the Alphonso Mango), why would you want to eat or know otherwise? Summer’s…
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Instant Raw Mango Pickle
Ingredients: Raw Mango, washed and wiped completely dry, finely chopped with skin: 2 cups Red Chilly Powder: 2 Tbsps Mustard Powder: 2 Tbsps Salt: 1 Tbsp Sesame/Til Oil: 5 Tbsps Method: In a dry vessel, with dry hands, combine all the ingredients together Mix well Bottle and let it stand…
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Mango Halwa
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps Sooji 1 Tbsp Ghee 1 glass Water 1 small Mango, peeled, diced and pulped (the less fibrous and more sweeter the mango, the tastier your halwa) Sugar/Honey, to taste {I used Khand(raw sugar)} Method: Heat the water. In a heavy bottomed pan heat the ghee. Add the…