Mango Ketchup or Mango Bajji or Mango Gojju is an easy to cook dish with readily available ingredients in the market. It remains fresh for upto 1 to 2 weeks, which means it can be refrigerated and consumed, whenever required. It goes well with Dose(Dosa) / chapathi / hot rice / finger foods.
This recipe can be tweaked so as to pamper one’s taste buds at will. Eg : you may add asafoetida instead of garlic. It tastes just as good even with asafoetida.
So, all the office goers out there, this is for you. This dish serves as a yummy side dish which is free from preservatives / additives / colouring agents / flavouring agents and to top it all, this dish is something which goes well with any food !!!
Total time: 40 minutes
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
Raw Mangoes: 2 (Medium)
Red Chillies: 3
Green Chillies: 2
Jaggery: 3 tbsp
Salt: To Taste
Garlic: 9 cloves
Urad Dal: 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds: 1 tsp
Coconut Oil: Little for seasoning
Method:
- Peel and dice mangoes, and boil in water
- Add red chillies, green chillies and jaggery and continue boiling till the mango pieces become soft and mushy
- Grind the concoction into a smooth paste
- In a pan, heat coconut oil and add minced garlic cloves, urad dal and mustard seeds. Fry the content till mustard seeds start to pop out
- Add the ground content from step#3, little salt and mix. Heat in low flame for a few minutes
- Mango Ketchup is ready to serve
It can be consumed immediately with rice / Chapathi / Dose (Dosa) / finger foods or can be preserved for later use.
Ketchup Stories:
It was a family outing at Pondicherry, nearly 2 years ago. That’s where our daughter was ‘introduced’ to ketchup for the first time. Our table was being laid in the resort for an evening snack. The dishes were yet to arrive but the ketchup bowl was laid on the table along with the cutleries and other sauces. The curiosity bug bit her, and she grabbed the ketchup bowl, dipped her tiny fingers onto it and licked. She was crying out loud – “it is lip smacking, why can’t I have it every day?!!!”. That day onward, ketchup is a must and should in our kitchen.
The above recipe shared can be a little spicy for kids. It can be altered by including fewer chillies.
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