Raw Mango Pachadi / Maangai Pachadi

Maangai Pachadi is a special dish which we prepare for Tamil New year.Raw mango is cooked with jaggery and seasoned with red chilli and neem flower.It has all the tastes sweet,sour,Bitter,Hot and salt.

Ingredients:

Raw mango sliced	1 cup
Jaggery(see note below)	1/4 -1/2 cup
Turmeric powder	A pinch
Salt	As needed
Oil	1 tsp
To temper
Mustard seeds	½ tsp
Red chilli	1
Neem flower(Vepam poo)	1 tsp

Method:

• Peel the outer skin of the mango and cut into thin slices.
• Take a vessel,add jaggery and little water and heat till jaggery dissolves fully in water.Filter it using a metal strainer and keep aside.
• Take the sliced mango,turmeric powder,little salt and little water in a vessel and cook till the mango slices are almost cooked but not mushy.
• Now add the strained jaggery water and boil well for 3-5 mins till the mango slices are cooked well. 
• Heat oil in a pan and add the ingredients to temper and mix it with the Mango pachadi.

Note:

• Adjust the jaggery quantity depending on the tanginess of the mango used.
• If after adding jaggery water the pachadi is very thin, add 1 tsp rice flour mixed with little water to the pachadi and boil for a minute to thicken it.
• If neem flower is not available skip it.