Raw mango curry or sweet and sour raw mango curry/ odia style raw mango curry or amba khata

Green mango curry or sweet and sour raw mango curry is a recipe liked by the people of all age groups. This delicious recipe is prepared using ingredients like raw or green mango, chili powder and grated jaggery. It has a sweet and tangy flavour which brings water to your mouth. This recipe is perfect to serve as side dish with rice or roti or paratha. The taste of raw mango curry is different from our regular curries, so for a change you must try this mouth watering dish and treat your taste buds.

Raw mango curry is a summer recipe`as it available in summer. It has amazing health benefits.Raw mango is rich in vitamin A and C, calcium, iron and magnesium. Raw mangoes contain an acid which helps in digestions.

This raw mango recipe, I have shared here is from odia cuisine. It is a very famous recipe in odisha and is called “amba khata”. It is a very popular side dish with steamed rice and dal in summer.

Ingredients for raw mango curry:

1. Green raw mango- 250 grams or 2

2. Ginger – 1 inch

3. Whole red chilies – 3 to 4

4. Curry leaves – 2 strings

5. Punch phoran ( combination of cumin seeds, carom seeds, black mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and fennel seeds) – 1 tsp

6. Salt

7. Oil – 1 tbsp

8. Turmeric powder- ½ tsp

9. Kashmiri red chili powder – 1 tsp

10. Jaggery – 100 grams or as per taste

11. Corn flour – 1 tbsp

12. Roasted cumin powder – 2 tsp

Methods of preparing raw mango curry:

1. Wash and cut raw mango into square pieces. (don’t peel the skin of the mangoes)

2. Grate ginger. Fry cumin seeds and make course powder out of it. Take whole red chilies and curry leaves.

3. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadhai or pan. Add punch phoran in it. When it starts crackle add grated ginger, red chilies and curry leaves in it. Fry it for while till the raw smell of ginger went away.

4. Now add raw mango pieces, salt, Kashmiri red chili powder and turmeric powder and saute.

5. Cover the mango with a lid and let it cook for 10 minutes or till the mango cooked. Make sure that it will not over cook.

6. After 10 minutes remove the lid and add jaggery. Cook it till the jaggery melted and mixed with the mango pieces.

7. Add ½ cup water and let it boil for a while. Now take a small bowl and take 1 tbsp corn flour in that bowl. Mix water in the corn flour and make a thin batter. Add the batter in the curry. Stir continuously till the gravy became thick.

8. Now add roasted cumin powder and mix well.

9. Raw mango curry is ready to serve. Pour it to a serving