Mambala Kulambu/Mango Fruit Kulambu

Mangoes are sweet, so we would only think of sweet dishes to make out of it, but this recipe says no, a sweet sour mango can be made into a no-sweet dish and guess what, it goes very well with rice!

Mambala Kulambu/Mango Fruit Kulambu

Ingredients (serves 2-3 persons) 

Mango fruits medium size - 2
Tamarind paste – 2-3 tbsp
Vellam (jaggery) – optional
Coconut - 3tbsp
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp (optional)
Sambar powder – 2 tbsp
Curry leaves 
Salt - to taste 

Seasoning 
Oil

Mustard seeds
Urad dhal
Asafoetida 
Curry leaves 

Preparation 
Grind the grated coconut, sambar powder, red chilli powder, curry leaves and turmeric powder along with some salt and keep aside.

Cut Mango fruits into medium size pieces along with the skin. Use the mango seed (kottai) along with some of the outer covering skin in this recipe. 

Method 
In a pan heat some oil and add the ingredients mentioned for seasoning.

Then, add the mango pieces and also the seed (mabala kottai) into the pan with tamarind paste and cook until the mango skin becomes soft.

Handle the mango pieces carefully without messing. Now add the ground coconut paste and salt to taste. 

If the taste of the mango is not so sweet, add some jaggery to taste. 

Let all the items in the pan get heated but do not let it boil. 

Pour it out of the pan on heating and serve with rice. 

Tips 
Good combination for Varagu and Kuthiraivalli rice and also for our regular white rice.