Malnad Special Appe Midi Uppinakayi Recipe - Tender Mango Pickle

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