Sweet mango preserve
Ingredients
1 kg ripe, slightly sweet mangoes
50 gm salt
syrup made from 100 gm jaggery
25 gm red chilli powder
10 gm asafoetida powder
Method
1. Wash mangoes and dry thoroughly. Cut into 8 pieces each and discard the seeds.
2. Mix in salt and keep in the sun for 2 days.
3. Place jaggery syrup in a pan over heat and boil till sticky.
4. Mix in spice powder and add mangoes.
5. Mix well and place pan in the sun, covered with a clean muslin cloth, till jaggery syrup dries. Stir once in a while.
6. Store in an airtight jar and use after 3 days.
