The chutney is seasoned with fried whole spices. Serve red chili mango chutney with steamed rice or with roti etc.

This instant chutney is a supposed to be extremely spicy. Makes: around 1 1/4 Cups of Red Chili Mango Chutney.

Ingredients: Fresh Red Chillies/ Fresno Pepper 3 Raw Mango 1 Salt to Taste Talimpu: 1/4 tsp 1/4 tsp 1/4 tsp Oil 2 tsps Method of preparation: Wash, peel and roughly chop the raw mango. Wash, remove stems, slice the red chiles.

Heat oil in a small pan, add sliced red chiles. Fry for couple of seconds and remove the red chiles from heat.

To the same pan with remaining oil, add all talimpu ingredients in order. When mustard seeds start spluttering, remove from heat.

Coarsely grind the red chiles, mango and salt. Remove the ground mixture onto a bowl, stir in toasted whole spices.

Adjust salt if necessary and store red chili mango chutney tight in a jar and refrigerate for extended shelf life. Serve red chili mango chutney with steamed rice or with roti etc… Notes: Make sure raw mango is sour enough.

Suggestions: If raw mango is not sour enough, add a splash of lime to the chutney. Adjust red chiles according to your preference.

Variations: You can also add a pinch of toasted fenugreek seeds powder to the chutney if you wish. Other Names: Red Chili Mango Chutney, Pandu Mirapakaya Mamidikaya Pachadi (less)

Serve hot with a sweet sauce (less)

Serve hot with a sweet sauce (less)

A freshly ground mixture of grated coconut and cashews is added to the bitter gourd fry. Serve bitter gourd cashews fry with steamed rice and dollop of ghee.

Makes: around 2 Servings of Cashews Fry. Ingredients: 2 Medium Cashews 5 Grated Fresh Coconut 4 Tbsps Red Chili Powder 1/4 tsp Salt to Taste Oil 1 Tbsp Method of preparation: Lightly scrape, remove ends, wash and chop the bitter gourd into thin slices.

Grind cashews into fine powder using spice grinder. Then add the grated coconut and grind again for few seconds and remove from heat.

Heat oil in a pan, add sliced bitter gourd. Fry on medium flame till bitter gourd changes color and start to brown.

Stir in ground cashews coconut mixture and salt. Mix thoroughly and fry for a minute or two and remove from heat.

Stir in red chili powder and serve bitter gourd cashews fry with steamed rice and dollop of ghee. Notes: Make sure not to over fry the bitter gourd.

Suggestions: Adjust spice with red chili powder. Variations: Add a pinch of sugar along with red chili powder if you wish.

Other Names: Cashews Fry (less)