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Mamidi Allam Pachadi

Spicy and mildly Sweet Mango Ginger Relish in Andhra Style

Makes about 1-1/2 cups of relish

Cuisine: Indian
Author: Radhika @ justhomemade
Ingredients
  • 100 gms Mamidi Allam / Mango Ginger (5-6 6 inch x 1 inch pieces) /About 1 cup grated Mango ginger
  • 1 tbsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tbsp methi / fenugreek seeds
  • 1/4 tsp hing
  • 14 byadagi red chillies
  • 1-1/2 tbsp salt
  • 1-2 tbsp jaggery
  • 1 small lemon size tamarind or 2 tbsp thick tamarind pulp
  • 1/4 cup peanut oil + 2-3 tbsps for topping
Instructions
  1. Soak the Mango Ginger in water for 10 mins to loosen any dirt. Scrub and wash clean. Rinse well and towel dry completely.
  2. Roughly skin the mango ginger roots using a spoon. Not Peeler as it will take out quite a lot of the skin and also the fragrance along with it.
  3. Coarsely grate the Mango ginger (avoid fine grating). Makes about 1 cup

  4. Heat oil in a skillet or kadai. When the oil is hot, add mustard seeds. When they begin to splutter, add methi seeds and red chillies and pan fry on medium until the methi seeds are golden brown and fragrant and the red chillies plump up. Do not let them burn.

  5. Reserving the oil in the Kadai, strain the spices to a small mixie jar and set aside to cool completely.
  6. In the remaining oil in the same kadai, stir fry the coarsely grated Mango Ginger for a few minutes until the raw smell goes away and it appears shiny/translucent. Do not let it burn.

  7. Switch off and let cool completely.

    Grind the spices to a fine powder. Add tamarind paste, roasted Mango ginger, salt and jaggery and grind to a smooth paste. Try not to add water.

  8. Taste check and adjust salt/jaggery as per taste. It will be spicy with a mild hint of sweet.

  9. Transfer to a clean (non-reactive) glass bowl, top it up with few tbps of peanut oil as the top layer. Store airtight in the refrigerator.

  10. Tastes yum with steaming hot rice and ghee or as a side with Dosa, Pesarattu and the like.
Notes

Always handle with a dry spoon.

Make sure to buy fresh tender Mango ginger root.

You can increase or decrease the amount of Jaggery as per your taste.

It will easily store well in the refrigerator for a few months.