Culinary Experiments : Odia Style Amba Khatta

AMBA KHATTA - KACCHE AAM KI CHUTNEY

Come summers and every Indian household is waiting for mangoes. Mangoes is an emotion in the country - every form of mango can do wonders to the tastebuds. 

What an amazing fruit - worth the wait for the entire year, isn't it?!🙈

Mangoes have a lot of health benefits too from helping in digestion, lowering cholesterol , clear skin and many others.

RECIPE WITH STEP BY STEP PICTURES:

Peel, cut and dice the raw mangoes - set them aside.

Let's prepare the masala - will need the below ingredients. Dry roast the ingredients: methi seeds, ajwain seeds, saunf, lal sukhi mirch, jeera seeds for about 3-4 minutes - there will be a nice smell from the bhuna hua jeera that will fill the room - don't overdo it, else the chances of the spices burning off is high.

In a mortal and pestle - grind the spices coarsely.

In a kadhai - add 2 tablespoon of oil, preferably mustard oil. Once the oil is hot enough - add 1 to 1.5 teaspoon of panchfodan, few curry leaves and lal sukhi mirchi. Toss the ingredients for about 1 minute or less.

Now add the diced mangoes. To it add 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder and about 1/2 teaspoon of red chili powder. The salt is per taste.

They need to be cooked till the mangoes are tender. 

Now add jaggery/sugar as per requirement of the sweetness in the chutney/khatta. 

Once the sugar/jaggery mixes well - you will notice from the heat, the sugar/jaggery starts forming syrup. 

I added about 2-3 cups of water(as per consistency required) and the dry roasted spices to the mixture and gave it all a good stir. Allow it to simmer for about 3-4 minutes and leave it at a consistency desired.

Please note that the khatta tends to settle more once left to stay(due to the sugar/jaggery) - so keep the consistency slightly runnier than what you desire for .

And it is ready to be served - delicious!! 😋 

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 teaspoon of jeera seeds
• 1 teaspoon of ajwain seeds
• 1 teaspoon of saunf seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon of methi seeds
• Sukhi mirchi - 2/3
• 1 Raw mango - diced
• Sugar/Jaggery - as per taste
• Red chili powder - 1/2 teaspoon 
• Turmeric Powder - 1 teaspoon
• Salt as per taste
• Curry leaves
• 1 to 1.5 teaspoon  of panchfodan

~Bon Appetite !!

P.S All pictures have been photographed by moi. 😊