Green Mango Pickle~

Pickle is a necessary side dish in all the Bangladeshi meals. Bangladeshi Cuisine is very famous for its spicy hot pickles. This is a traditional way of making mango pickle recipe at home.

Ingredients:

• 4 pieces of medium-sized raw mangoes (cut into small pieces with the skin intact),
• 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder,
• ¼ cup of finely sliced ginger,
• 8 pieces of dry red chilies,
• 2 tablespoons of five seasoning spices,
• 4 tablespoons of and some more mustard oil,
• 2 teaspoons of vinegar,
• ¼ teaspoon of asafetida (hing),
• 4 pieces of green chilies (chopped),
• 1 tablespoon of sugar,
• 2½ teaspoons of salt.

Directions:

1. Mix the mango with the turmeric, salt, & ginger together very well and put in sun for 4 to 6 hours. Fry the dry red chilies and five seasoning spices until fragrant.
2. Grind to a coarse powder when cool. Now heat 4 tablespoons of oil and add mango mixture, stir it for 5 minutes. 
3. Remove from the heat, add vinegar, asafoetida & green chilies and mix it very well. Add sugar and five seasoning spices powder to the mangoes and toss them well. 
4. Pour the mango pickle into a glass container and add more mustard oil (according to need). 
5. Mix with a spoon and leave it at a place which receives good amount of sunlight. This pickle is ready to use after 4 days.
6. For the best result, keep the jar in sunlight everyday for about a month :)