Name: Instant Aam Ka Choonda / Gujarati Style Sweet Mango Pickle recipe by Paarulz Kitchen at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 2 large raw mangoes (or)1 ½ cup of shredded mango; 1 ½ cup of sugar; ¼ teaspoon turmeric; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon red chilli powder; 1 teaspoon roasted jeera / cumin seeds (crushed); 1/2 teaspoon of saffron threads

ABOUT Instant Aam Ka Choonda / Gujarati Style Sweet Mango Pickle RECIPE

My grandmother’s instant version of Chundo was the best I had ever tasted. That divine taste of saffron takes me back to my childhood days….

Ingredients Serving: 5

2 large raw mangoes (or)1 ½ cup of shredded mango
1 ½ cup of sugar
¼ teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon red chilli powder
1 teaspoon roasted jeera / cumin seeds (crushed)
1/2 teaspoon of saffron threads

Instructions

Wash the mangoes, dry them with a clean cloth and peel it.
Shred the mangoes and keep aside.
In a large bowl take shredded mango, add turmeric and salt, mix well and keep aside for 15 minutes.
Now to these mangoes, add sugar (approximately 2 tsp at a time) and stir continuously. Wisk till the sugar is dissolved. This will take 20-25 minutes.
Heat a pan, add mango mixture and stir continuously over the low flame till sugar is completely dissolved and small bubbles appear on the surface of the mixture.
Now add saffron shreds, mix well.
Remove from the flame and let the mixture cool completely.
Now add cumin seeds and chilli powder, mix well.
Keep it in the air tight glass jar and store it cool dry place.

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