This is a Raw Mango pickle recipe from Bihar. As the mangoes are grated it’s called kucha. The spices and oil are added to the grated mango and it’s kept in the sun to mature.
For the Dry Spice Powder
Ingredients
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1 tsp Coriander seed
1/2 tsp Carom seeds
1/2 tsp Fennel seeds
1 tbsp Yellow Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Nigella seeds
Few Fenugreek seeds
6 Red Dried Chilli
Method
Roast all the above ingredients, cool it and dry grind it.
For the Aam Ka Kucha
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup Grated Mango
Salt to taste
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Chilli powder
Dried spice powder
1/2 tsp Nigella seeds
1 cup Mustard Oil
Method
Take the grated mango, apply salt and 1/2 tsp turmeric powder. Keep the mango on a strainer for 15 to 30 minutes. Squeeze the water out from the mango. Take a bowl, add salt, turmeric, chilli, spice powder and nigella seeds in the bowl. Mix all the ingredients together. Add the oil and mix it. Take a dry clean glass bottle. Pour the pickle in the bottle. Keep it in the sun for few days. Keep a check. Once the mangoes becomes soft and matured the pickle is ready to be eaten.
