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Slice Mango Sweet Pickle (Keptianche lonche)

Sweet mango pickle is a Mangalorean dish and is scrumptious with bread. Do try this recipe.
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Ingredients
  

  • 3 Polymango (Tota puri)
  • 30 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Chilli powder
  • 3 tsp Salt (or as per taste)
  • 1 tsp Vinegar
  • 4 Cups Water
  • 1 Clove
  • Small piece Cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Skin out the mangoes. Slice the mangoes into 1/2 inch pieces length and 1/4 thin pieces. (Note: Do not use the seed in the pickle)
  • Add 2 tsp salt and keep a heavyweight on it for a day.
  • Next day, squeeze & remove the water from the mango and keep it aside.
  • Keep a wok and pour 4 cups of water. Add the sugar and make a syrup, add chilli powder, clove, cinnamon.
  • Add the squeezed mango slices, lower the flame and cook well till the sugar syrup turns light brown (Make sure to not burn the sugar syrup). Add 1 tsp vinegar and salt to taste.
  • Remove from gas and let it cool.
  • Fill in a bottle.
  • You can eat it with chapatis, rotis, bread and even with food as pickle.