Grandma’s Mango – Ginger Pickle
- 14
- March
- 2010
Maa inji Pickle:(Mango-Ginger Pickle)
Botanical name of Mango-ginger is ‘Curcuma amada’. Belongs to rhizome family,(similar to turmeric and ginger). This ginger has a striking mango flavour and thats why the name.
Grandma’s Method:
Ingredients:(Version 1)
Mango-Ginger skinned/peeled – 250 grams
Thick Tamarind paste/milk freshly 1 bowl full
Sea Salt/Rock Salt
Turmeric powder 2 spoons
Chili powder 2-3 spoons
To be Dry Toasted and Powdered:
Mustard seeds 1/2 cup
Fenugreek seeds 1/2 cup
For Sesoning:
Oil 2 cup(sesame oil)
Mustard 1 spoon
Cumin 1/2 spoon
Asafoetida 1 spoon
Fenugreek seeds 1/4 spoon
Dry red chilies 3-5
Curry leaves 1 cup.
Method:
Peel ginger with back of your spoon, (this way..too much flesh is not wasted). See this ginger is already very slender and not so fibrous…so dont waste too much of flesh by over-peeling.
Thinly slice them down. Leave them over kitchen tissues and shadow dry for 2-4 hours.
In a large non-stick wok, heat oil. Add sesoning items. Let them pop and splutter well.
Then add mango-ginger and fry them real good. Now add salt, turmeric and chili powder.
Followed by tamarind milk. Cover and cook over medium heat.
Once it comes to thick pickle like consistency, add roasted and powdered items(fenugreek and mustard powder).
After adding this, immediately remove from heat.
Allow this to cool.Store them in a ceramic jar/glass jar.
My Way:
Ingredients:(version 2)
Mango-Ginger 1/4 kilo skinned peeled and chopped
Garlic 150 grams peeled and chopped
Tamarind tennis ball size soaked in water-thick tamarind milk 1 bowl full
Jaggery 150 grams
Sea Salt /Rock salt
Turmeric powder 1 spoon
Dry red chilies 150 grams roasted and powdered
Dry red chilies 50 grams(whole)
Curry leaves 1 cup
Mustard 2 spoons
Cumin 2 spoons
Fenugreek seeds 1/2 spoon
Fenugreek roasted and powdered 100 grams
Asafoetida 1 spoon
Chana dal 1 spoon
Urad dal 1 spoon
Sesame oil/Gingeli oil 3 cups.
Method:
Extract thick tamarind milk/tamarind water and set aside.
In a pan, heat few spoons of oil. Fry garlic and mango-ginger. Let the raw odourl leave the pan. Make a thick paste out of it(wet grind with limited water). Set aside.
In a non-stick deep pan, heat oil. Add mustard, cumin, fenugreek, asafoetida, chana and urad dal. Let them pop and splutter well.
Now add curry leaves and red chilies(whole) and fry them for a while.
Then add mago- ginger and garlic paste and fry them too.
Followed by add these = salt, turmeric powder, fenugreek powder (roasted and powdered) chili powder(roasted and powdered), jaggery and tamarind water.
Now cover and cook over medium flame. Once it is done.
Remove the lid and stir-fry them over medium to high flame. One can add little more oil, at this time.
Fry them without any water content and until oil shows up on the top.
Hi Malar,
Mango ginger!! Yummy taste,even if you eat it raw! It was regular in my kitchen when I was in UAE. I used to add it in to upma, curry, vegetables, pickles, rice, chutney!!! Missing it here, I do not get here in our place.
Thanks for reminding it!
Love ma-inji. Liked both version. Delicious.
Inji mango pickle is totally lip smacking dear…spicy and tempting
This pickle looks absolutely delicious Ideal with hot parathas or puris.
Never had heard of mango-ginger!
mouthwatering pickle…looks spicy…
slurrrpp..pickle and that too mango..i love it..love the addition of ginger..
I am very sure these ginger pickles taste heavenly!
Dear malar
You took me back by decades, when I used to eat this in orissa, but with very different spicing system.
In Bong style we make Tamato , mango ginger chutney ..but again , with just a mustard seasioning and eaten away.
Do you get mango ginger in US?
of course there is a saying , if you dont get some thing in US , you wont get any where..including puppy seed, which is banned in many countries..( US guys know, the puppy seeds dont have the opium alkaloids of any significance.)
have a nice week ahead
No doubt this is one the best pickles ever….love the combination of mango n ginger…
Lovely Pickle..Even I was thicking to make some ..
Malar, this pickle looks awesome and delish. Love the combo of mango and ginger..This is new to me but will definately try it as I was looking for recipes with ginger for my pickle..Love both the versions but I guess since I love things with fewer ingredients I’m leaning more towards ur grandma’s version..
Never tried ginger mango combination..Looks spicy and colourful.l..
Malar,
Mainji pickle looks really good.
Very tangy, chatpata & mouthwatering….. tickling pickle…. It tickles..it really does…… I love the taste of ginger in pickles….. Even otherwise they are yummy, but when pickled…has an aesthetic taste….
Ash…
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)
Unique & a different combo but surely a great one in pickles…looks tangy & yummy
Hello Malar!
Brussels calling! What a tasty dish this is!! So apart & very interesting too!
A must try!! MMMMMMMMM,….
Liked ur version of maanga inji. I love the exotic flavour and the taste.
I really love ginger and thankfully it is so good for you! This looks delicious.
indha maa inji is something new to me malar!!!
maybe I’d have seen but I never knew there is this variety & would have never identified either… I knew very recently about the existence of this maa inji!!! I like both your versions, pictures-a paakarthukku vaayee oorudhu, nalla hot-a irukkum polirukku, must search for it here!!!
Lovely recipe malar….perfect with curd rice
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Excellent with curd rice…………
Wow……..mouthwatering pickle, looks delicious.
It looks very traditional and very yummy!
Oh My!!! Oh My!!!! Superb combo..looks so delicious…
Nice pics..It looks really delicious..i love pickles..I havent seen this inji manga in the indian stores here but i have seen grandma’s injimanga pickles…back home we used to make inji manga chammanthi..it was one of my favs..
I love ginger and anything with ginger:) This pickle looks mouthwatering tempting:) Would love to try out:)
I never have tried these kind of pickles at home. How many recipes will I book mark from ur blog ???!!!!???
thats absolutely inviting Malar! Delicious!
Thank you, friends:)
மாங்காயிஞ்சி வாசனை ஆளை தூக்குது மலர்.
the pic makes me feel like prawn or crab malar..I’m in a non veg craving mood..
Good one malar, trying pickles at home…
Love such fresh lip-smacking homemade pickles