Method
- Peel the mango and dice it into pieces. (Save the peel which can be used in chutneys or in mango rice).
- Boil one cup of water in a pan and add the mango pieces.
- Add salt and turmeric powder and cover with a lid.
- Cook till the mango pieces are tender.
- Add jaggery and cook till it becomes like jelly.
- To season, heat oil and add mustard seeds.
- When it splutters add the neem flowers.
- Add the broken red chillies and add this seasoning to the mangai pachadi.
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Savour the pachadi which is sweet, sour, salty, spicy and bitter - all at the same time.
- It can be relished with rice, dosas and chapattis.
Recipe courtesy: Chitra Amma's Kitchen