Magai Pickle - Mango Pickle

Ingredients:
1 - Big Size Raw Sour Mango
1 Cup - Red Chilli Powder
1/2 Cup - Salt
1 Table Spoon - Methi Seeds
1/8th Tea Spoon - Turmeric

Tadka:
3/4th Cup - Sesame Oil
1 - Tea Spoon - Hing
1 Tea Spoon - Mustard Seeds
2 - Red Chillies

Procedure:
1. Peel the mango skin and cut the mango into long pieces.
2. Add salt and turmeric to mango pieces, mix and tightly pack this mixture in a jar/container. Keep it aside for 3 Days.
3. The above mixture releases water. Squeeze the mango pieces to remove all the water. Store this water.
4. Now keep the mango pieces in Sun for 6 hours, so the water is evaporated. Turn the mango pieces in between - after 3 hours. Don't let the mango become too dry.
Note: Dry the mango pieces just enough that the dried mango pieces will not break when they are bent.
5. Keep this aside for an hour so it cools down.
6. Heat oil and prepare tadka with mustard seeds, hing and red chillies. Let this tadka cool down.
7. Mix Chilli powder, methi powder, above water from mango, mango pieces and Tadka.
8. Mix well, make sure there are no lumps.
9. Keep this pickle aside for 1 day.
10. This pickle goes well with White rice and ghee.