Masala Mango Curry – Kukkuda Menaskai
Camellia Panjabi's recipe for masala mango curry is a deeply aromatic, sweet and sour dish from the Mangalore region, flavoured with tamarind, coconut, jaggery and curry leaves.
Introduction
This is a dish from the Udipi cuisine of the Mangalore region in Karnataka. This area is known as South Kannada. Depending on the sourness or sweetness of your mangoes, you can adjust the tamarind quantity and the jaggery, to your taste. The Jain community in this region also make this dish, omitting the garlic. It is a semi-dry dish.
Ingredients
| 30g | tamarind |
| 1kg | just-ripe cooking mangoes |
| 6 tbsp | coconut or other oil of your choice |
| 2 tbsp | coriander seeds |
| 1½ tbsp | white urad dal |
| ¼ tsp | fenugreek seeds |
| 1 tsp | raw rice grains |
| 1 tbsp | white sesame seeds |
| 3 tbsp | grated coconut |
| 5 | dried red chillies, soaked in hot water |
| ½ tsp | mustard seeds |
| 4 cloves of | garlic |
| 3 | dried red chillies, broken into pieces |
| 20 | curry leaves |
| 65g | jaggery |
| 1 tsp | salt |
| 1¼ tsp | mango powder (amchoor) |
| 2 tbsp | coriander leaves |
Method
Soak the tamarind in 125ml of warm water and set aside. Cut the mangoes downwards into 2 slices and the middle seed part. Cut each slice into 2 pieces. Peel. Cut the sides off the seed.
Discard the seed. If the mango is very large, cut each cheek into 4 pieces.
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a skillet, and add the coriander seeds, urad dal, fenugreek seeds, raw rice, sesame seeds, 2 tablespoons of grated coconut and the 5 soaked red chillies. Sauté for 3 minutes on a low heat, then set aside to cool. Once cool, grind to a paste in a spice grinder.
Heat another 4 tablespoons of oil in a sauté pan, and when very hot, add the mustard seeds. After 6 seconds add the garlic and after a minute add the 3 broken red chillies and the curry leaves and fry for a minute. Add the jaggery, the masala paste and the tamarind water, squeezed out and strained. Then add 1 cup (235ml) of water and the salt, and bring to the boil. Taste
for seasoning, balancing between sourness (tamarind), sweetness (jaggery) and saltiness.
After it has boiled for a minute, add the mango pieces and cook until tender. Now taste again. Add the mango powder and stir.
When serving, sprinkle with the chopped coriander leaves and the remaining tablespoon of grated coconut.
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