Malnad Special Appe Midi Uppinakayi Recipe - Tender Mango Pickle
Malnad Special Appe Midi Uppinakayi Recipe (Tender Mango Pickle) is made of Appe Midi is pulpy, immature oblong mango found mainly in malnad regions or Western Ghats and coastal regions of Karnataka, India. These are produced in bulk quantities and marketed in different regions of Malnad. They are sweet, sour and pungent in flavor. There are many varieties of Appe Midi.
Ingredients
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2 cups Tender Mango (Appe Midi)
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3/4 cup Rock Salt
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(adjust to taste)
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1 cup Byadagi Dried Chillies
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(adjust to taste)
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1/4 cup Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
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2 tablespoons Turmeric powder (Haldi)
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1 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
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1/4 cup Oil
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Malnad Special Appe Midi Uppinakayi Recipe (Tender Mango Pickle), mangoes are cleaned and pat dried until no remains of water is seen
Step 2
Take a glass or ceramic jar with airtight lid, add salt and tender mangoes
Step 3
Mix well keep this closed for 10 days so, such that the mangoes shrink with occasional mixing using dry spoon
Step 4
Dry roast the red chillies in a pan for a minute or till crisp and keep aside
Step 5
Now dry roast the mustard for few seconds and keep this aside
Step 6
Using dry mixer jar make a fine paste of the red chili with mustard seeds, turmeric powder and hing
Step 7
Mix this pickle masala paste with the salted Appe Midi
Step 8
Heat oil in pan, cool and pour this on the pickle mixture
Step 9
Close the jar and incubate this pickle for 1 to 2 months
Step 10
This pickle is a good side dish with rice and can be served as whole or chopped into fine pieces along with inner seed
Step 11
Serve Malnad Special Appe Midi Uppinakayi Recipe (Tender Mango Pickle) along with Steamed rice, Alasande Kaalu Saaru Recipe (Malnad Style Black Eyed Beans Curry) and Aralu Sandige Recipe with a Gorikayi Palya Recipe for sides