Malnad Special Appe Midi Uppinakayi Recipe – Tender Mango Pickle

Malnad Special Appe Midi Uppinakayi Recipe (Tender Mango Pickle) is made of Appe Midi is pulpy, immature oblong mango found mainly in malnad regions or Western Ghats and coastal regions of Karnataka, India. These are produced in bulk quantities and marketed in different regions of Malnad. They are sweet, sour and pungent in flavor. There are many varieties of Appe Midi. Course : Side Dish Ingridients : 2 cups Tender Mango (Appe Midi) 3/4 cup Rock Salt , (adjust to taste) 1 cup Byadagi Dried Chillies , (adjust to taste) 1/4 cup Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu) 2 tablespoons Turmeric powder (Haldi) 1 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing) 1/4 cup Oil Instructions 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.Take a glass or ceramic jar with airtight lid, add salt and tender mangoes. Mix well keep this closed for 10 days so, such that the mangoes shrink with occasional mixing using dry spoon.Dry roast the red chillies in a pan for a minute or till crisp and keep aside.Now dry roast the mustard for few seconds and keep this aside.Using dry mixer jar make a fine paste of the red chili with mustard seeds, turmeric powder and hing.Mix this pickle masala paste with the salted Appe Midi.Heat oil in pan, cool and pour this on the pickle mixture. Close the jar and incubate this pickle for 1 to 2 months.This pickle is a good side dish with rice and can be served as whole or chopped into fine pieces along with inner seed.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.