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Holy mother of mothers, folks.  I don’t know if you know this about me, but
I freaking LOVE pickles. Not just *any* pickles, mind you. Claussen Garlic Dills to be precise. My friends can attest to the fact that I have tried my hand many a time at trying to make said pickles, and failed miserably. [...]

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I can hear some of you thinking, “Not another mango post”!

True, but I’d like to think that this is a mango post with a difference. If you have ever had either one of these pickles you would, perhaps, be able to appreciate how different. Of course, I could be biased, but the taste of these mango pickles eaten with curd (yogurt) and rice is a wonderful gastronomical experience and a “comfort” food of sorts for me.

Summer time in India is also pickle making time and mangoes are a favourite. Pickle making styles and traditions vary across India and of these, some pickles are identified with a particular state or community. This doesn’t mean others don’t make or enjoy them. Mango pickles like “Avakkai” come from the state of Andhra Pradesh and “Chundo” from Gujarat. Similarly, “Kanni Maangai” and “K…

Let me say I have been preoccupied with something since yesterday! And like as with everybody else, I am more interested in finishing that job before I could think of a blog post right now. But I really didn’t want to miss out a post for various reasons. First being, few dear friends have said they log on to read me, the first thing they get connected and when they don’t see anything new, they get disappointed. Now I can’t disappoint friends, can I? And second being, I can’t really be away from posting, even if its a simple chutney that I am going to blog about. I won’t say I am so addicted, maybe a wee bit.

Anyway, Amma said a couple of days back, that Peddu can now repeat till ‘F’ and she especially love the way he says F. Now I wanted to see how he says. And I really had a gala time laughing at the way he twists his tongue and says “Fiii”, not sure if he designed the word himself. Thinking of which, I remember the time this weekend, when I was asking him to put off the fe…

If you are somebody like me, who hesitates to take in greens, then this recipe for sure will convert you! This is the first time I am ever making a pickle out of it and the credit all goes to Athamma. After her visit from her daughter’s place, she got back some Aara Keerai or Thota Aaku. I know Aara Keerai may not be referred as Thota Aaku. Amma was giving a different name for this.

Anyway recently Amma had got raw Mango and its been lying around in the fridge for so long! On her return, Athamma was really shocked that I hadn’t attended to that lone Mango. I said I didn’t find time to even glance at it and hoped every much that it would remain raw! Yep, it was still raw, the shelf life of raw mango to remain raw is app 10 days! Ha Ha, Dad will give me a field day, if he happens to read this. Dad always teases us that we are always checking out the shelf life of all ingredients that go into the fridge!

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