Kachay Aam ki Khatti Mithi Sabzi/Sweet and Sour Side Dish with Raw Mango

Kachay Aam ki Khatti Mithi Sabzi/

Sweet and Sour Side Dish with Raw Mango/
MAANI An Authentic Recipe of Punjab

Hi Friends,

I am back after a very short break. I went to Punjab for my cousins marriage. Weather was horrible there but still we enjoyed a lot. So today's post is a Authentic recipe of Punjab region specially in village area a sweet and sour delicacy called MAANI. In summers this is a must side dish of every household of Punjab. This curry is a part of combo meal of Chana daal and rice. In village in marriages one day before of marriage this is served with Chana Daal and rice as whole meal to whole village (yes heard right to whole village, this is a custom there). 

There are two ways of making this curry one is called Raw Maani (similar to aam pana) and Second is cooked one. Here i am posting second method which is cooked one. You can make this curry in pressure cooker or simply in kadai like other curries you make. But making in pressure cooker is more convenient and easy method. Raw mango has great nutritional value, for more information see here. In villages farmers use to have it to cure heat stroke, dehydration etc. Authentic way of eating this curry is lay your rice in plate, make a well in center then pour this curry and then chana daal, mix and enjoy with rice. You can also have it with simple roti/naan as well as with steam rice/jeera rice/pulao etc. Try it guys you will love its taste and nutritious in it will tempt you to make it again and again.

Ingredients:-
Raw Mango- 5-6 medium
Onion- 1 medium chopped
Ginger garlic paste-2 tsp
Kasoori Methi- 2 tsp
Methi Dana- 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds- 1tsp
Sugar - 2 tsp
Salt- as per your taste

Method:-

Ingredients

Peal raw mangoes

then scrach off the flesh, 

you can use or throw out the seed

we will also use seed

all flesh and seeds 

Now heat 1 tbsp oil in a cooker and 

crackle cumin seeds in it

add chopped onion in it

ginger-garlic paste

crushed kasoori methi and methi dana

Mix them well

Add chopped raw mango and scrapped seeds also

Mix well

Add salt and sugar

turmeric powder

Mix well

Add 4 cups water, cover and cook upto 3 whistles

DONE

SERVE

Authentic way of eating this combo is 

take some rice and make a well in it and pour some raw mango sabzi in it

Now pour some chana daal on it

Mix them and enjoy with rice

Or pour both things on heap of rice till rice get completely wet

ENJOYYYY sweet and sour delicacy

Notes:-

1. Adjust sugar and salt according to the sourness your want. If you like it less sour then add more sugar or jeggary in it.
2. You can use Jeggary instead of sugar here for more healthier version.
3. You can make this curry in kadai also but it will be more time consuming and you have to keep an eye on it to prevent it from boiling over. 

HOPE YOU WILL LIKE IT

Love
PariCash

Chatpata Sitafal/Pumpkin

Chatpata Sitafal/Spiced Pumpkin Side Dish

Hi Friends,

Pumpkin a not so favourite of kids. Even i have seen people who doesn't like this. But pumpkin have so many nutritional fact See here and lot of people don't know about that. My mom use to make this yummy sabzi. This is a very quick side dish. There were only few veggies i use to like as kid. My mom tried hard to feed me some nutrition. But i was a total junkie. by the time i grown up i tried and liked few veggies very much. This is one of them . Even you need only few spices to make this tempting dish, Hardly 5-7 min to prepare and 10-15 min to cook. By the time its cooking on stove top you can prepare your fulka or rice to go with it. Within 20-25 min its ready to lay your table for dinner/lunch. Nowadays i have read about baking along  pumpkin. Will try something soon. For now i am posting here my mom's and my sis special chatpata sitafal/spicy pumpkin. Try it and enjoy.

Ingredients:-

Sitafal/Pumpkin- half kg (Fresh not with hard peal)

Raw Mango/Kairy/Ambi - 2 medium

Tomato - 2 medium

Fenugreek seeds/methi dana - 1 tsp (crushed)

Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp

Coriander Seeds - 1 tsp

Coriander Pdr  - 1/2 tsp

Amchoor  - 1/2 tsp (optional)

Chilly pdr - 1 tsp

Salt  - as per your taste

Method:- 

                                       Take your ingredients

Cut Onion and Raw Mango length wise

Cut Pumpkin in cubes (small one and half inch pieces)

NO NEED TO PEAL THE SKIN

Heat 2 tbsp oil in kadai 

Add coriander, cumin seeds and fenugreek/Methi seeds

Then add tomato, raw mango and mix well

Add Pumpkin

Mix Well

Add all spices one by one

Mix Well

Cover and cook for 5 min 

keep stirring in between

Then uncover and cook for 10 min

DONE DONE DONE

                  

 

 

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Notes:-

1. Amchoor is optional. My Kairi was not sour enough so used it.
2. All spices are a perfect match, so avoid skipping any.
3. You can add green chilly for more spicy version.

HOPE YOU WILL LIKE IT

LOVE

PariCash