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Sweet Mango Pickle – Amma’s Recipe

December 1, 2015 35 Comments

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This sweet mango pickle takes me places. It takes me to places that I lived as a 12-year old, in a house that had a huge kitchen, the time that we had the hottest summers in Kottayam and the baths we used to take under the backyard tap in the dusky evening light. The hot dosas for dinner and this sweet and slightly sour pickle that complemented the dosas like not even coconut chutney could. The bottle was brought out when there were chapatis and parathas on the table too.
Easily, the best part of this recipe is that fact that amma came up with it just like that one hot, sweaty Kerala summer day. She was slicing onions, oh so fine like she normally does, and then randomly took a couple of raw mangoes from the counter-top and starting putting together this condiment that would later be made again and again and filled in many many bottles, devoured by her youngest daughter with practically anything, and sent to relatives and friends who were near and far.
The sesame oil and the near-burnt fengreek seeds create a symphony with the chopped onions and mangoes that’s hard to describe. It gels with anything you spread it on, making the meal magically taste better. Just like mothers spread their love and support on everything and magically make your life better. This is my soul-food, my comfort, amma’s love. Also check out her instant mango pickle recipe here. It’s a spicy version and a popular addition to Kerala Onam sadya or meals. 
Amma’s Sweet Mango Pickle Recipe
Makes one small bottle
Ingredients:
Raw mangoes – 3 nos (orange sized ones, approx)
Onions – 3 big
Jaggery / raw sugar (or brown sugar) – 1/2 cup, grated or melted
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Chilly powder – 6 tsp
Gingelly / Indian sesame oil – 1/2 cup
Fenugreek seeds / uluva / menthayam – 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida / hing / kaayam – 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds / kaduku – 1/2tsp
A few curry leaves
Salt to taste
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Slice the mangoes and onions into thin pieces.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When they pop, add the fenugreek seeds. When they turn a nice brown, add the onions. Take care not to burn the seeds otherwise they turn very bitter. Let the onions brown well.
3. Now add the chilly powder, turmeric powder, hing and curry leaves. Stir around for a minute and then add the sliced mangoes and salt. Add 1/2 cup water to this and cook covered on a low flame (on sim, preferably).
4. After about 10 mins, add the jaggery, mix well and let the mixture come to a boil. Remove, cool and store in air-tight bottles. Keeps in the refrigerator for up to a month.
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  1. anu

    March 24, 2013 at 11:05 am

    i tried this and my amma loved it ! thankyou for the wonderful recipe 🙂

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  2. Priya Krishnan

    August 27, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    gonna make it for Onam, rgt now. will share my experience and how it will come….!!! but confused whether to add jaggery or sugar..

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  3. PP

    July 29, 2011 at 8:30 am

    Sliced mangoes into very thin pieces (like potato chip)and eat with Sweet chili sauce is Simply but very good taste ><"

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  4. Balaka

    June 23, 2010 at 6:47 pm

    the recipe is good..but missed the fiction part

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  5. Nags

    June 24, 2010 at 2:10 am

    The event was to write about an incident (fictitious or otherwise) and associate a recipe with it. That's what I did. Sorry if you expected fiction, my writing skills are a bit rusty!

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  6. Miri

    May 31, 2010 at 7:56 am

    Wow – the onions are new to me and must definitely add a little extra something – must try!

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  7. Susan aunty

    May 24, 2010 at 8:56 am

    Thought I'd tell you Nags, that I saved the recipe as Vasanthi's sweet mango pickle:-)

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  8. Wendy

    May 21, 2010 at 8:36 am

    I would love to make that but we don't get raw mangoes here(by that do you mean unripe? I am going by the colour of the skins)

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  9. Priti

    May 21, 2010 at 8:35 am

    Onion in pickle is new to me…looks gud

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  10. Cham

    May 19, 2010 at 9:32 pm

    Love the tale and the pickle is on top!

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  11. Varsha Vipins

    May 19, 2010 at 7:29 pm

    Drooollll..How I wish I could get some sour mangoes here..:(

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  12. sangeeta

    May 19, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    Looks lovely…..and the addition of onions is something new for me , also keeping the skins on in a sweet pickle is something i never thought of , doesn't it get bitter? for sour pickle it's ok but if it's good for this cooked sweet pickle it'll be a lot more convenient for me….i make many batches of my version of sweet sour pickle n that gets distributed to many people..check out my banaras blog if you wish.

    It's wonderfully written n i enjoyed reading it.

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  13. Priya

    May 19, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    WOww i never had this sweet mango pickle, looks irresistible Nags..

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  14. DEESHA

    May 19, 2010 at 3:22 pm

    Mango pickle with onions .. I am surprised

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  15. Bong Mom

    May 19, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    Your description itself made me drool. Ok, now where is your Food Fiction, you promised, remember !!!

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  16. Nithya

    May 19, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    I love this pickle.. Looks so yummy. We make a slightly different version. This one looks fantastic too 🙂

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  17. Rachel

    May 19, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    how wonderfully written..Have never added onions though with the mango pickle..

    got back from Kottayam a week back.. love the churuttu the most!

    Reply
  18. A&N

    May 19, 2010 at 1:17 pm

    Wonderful description 🙂 And mangoes – the only reason I'm glad I'm going down again 😛

    Its quite a surprise you add onions!

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  19. Asha

    May 19, 2010 at 12:57 pm

    Thta;s really a unique Mango pickle recipe nags, never even thought of onions in Mango pickle although I have Pearl Onion pickle. Looks mouthwatering. Must try recipe but can't get raw Mangoes here. Thanks for recipe though, will give it to my mom in India.

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  20. Home Cooked Oriya Food

    May 19, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    that looks sinfully good…
    very nicely written too…

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  21. Fern

    May 19, 2010 at 12:18 pm

    Quick question – when you say raw mango, do you mean green/under-ripe mango? Because I have not seen mangoes that look like what's in your picture.

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  22. rekhas kitchen

    May 19, 2010 at 11:53 am

    Adding onions to mango pickle is new to me… pickle looks so tempting Nags

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  23. Sig

    May 19, 2010 at 11:48 am

    Great read Nags, very well written… And the pickle looks yummy too..

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  24. Shama Nagarajan

    May 19, 2010 at 11:33 am

    yummy superb mouthwatering pickle

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  25. taste traveller

    May 19, 2010 at 11:29 am

    Wonderful story! It reminds me of Midnight's Children where the narrator finds his nanny(?) by eating the pickles & he knows right away that she made them. It's hard to make the exact same dishes the exact same way, isn't it?

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  26. mahimaa's kitchen

    May 19, 2010 at 11:15 am

    looks very tempting..should give a try.

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  27. aquadaze

    May 19, 2010 at 9:53 am

    Loved reading this post – very nicely written!

    Reply
  28. Divya Kudua

    May 19, 2010 at 8:53 am

    Sweet Mango pickle..sounds so good.Loved the write-up:)

    Reply
  29. Happy Cook

    May 19, 2010 at 8:45 am

    Just looking to the first pic itself i am drooling here.

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  30. Aps

    May 19, 2010 at 7:58 am

    Naags this is completely new to me nd i can eat mangoes in any form…. may be it raw or ripe 🙂

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  31. Mriganayani

    May 19, 2010 at 7:40 am

    Its 1:00 in the night – I really should not be drooling over pickle like this. But hey what the heck – this is so drool worthy – love the onions in it. Haven't had this version before!

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  32. Rajani

    May 19, 2010 at 7:36 am

    wow naags, lovely recipe, my mom has a sweet mango pickle too sans onions.

    Reply
  33. simply.food

    May 19, 2010 at 7:25 am

    Wow this pickle looks devine so easy to make too.Wonderful click too.

    Reply
  34. Nags

    May 19, 2010 at 1:44 pm

    Fern, that's right. Raw mangoes are unripe mangoes and are sour and firm. They work best in Indian pickles 🙂

    Reply
  35. RAKS KITCHEN

    May 19, 2010 at 7:55 am

    Very new to me,I just make mango thokku,sounds simple and delicious!

    Reply

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