Appe Saaru | Appe HuLi | Raw Mango Saaru
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Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3 Cups
 
A must have summer-monsoon recipe, tangy raw mango saaru or appe saaru
Ingredients
  • 1 roughly diced raw mango
  • 2 green chilli
  • 1 Tsp jeera
  • ¼ Tsp mustard
  • 5-6 black peppercorns
  • 7-8 menthya/methi seeds/fenugreek
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 small piece jaggery/bella/gur
  • 1 small piece hing/asafoetida/ingu
  • ¼ Cup coconut milk
  • Chopped coriander to garnish
For Tadka:
  • 1 Tsp coconut oil
  • ½ Tsp mustard
  • ½ Tsp jeera
  • 1 broken red chilli
  • ¼ Tsp urad dal
  • Few curry leaves
Method
  1. Peel and dice the mango
  2. In a pan, lightly roast the methi seeds until light golden
  3. Next we need to grind the raw mango along with spices, add green chilli
  4. Also add the roasted menthya/methi seeds, jeera, black pepper and mustard
  5. Add little hing, grind with little water into a paste
  6. Pour this paste into a vessel/pan
  7. Add about ½ Cup water to adjust to thin consistency
  8. Bring it to a light boil
  9. Add salt to taste and jaggery, boil for a minute
  10. Pour coconut milk and boil for further one minute
  11. Make tadka with coconut oil, jeera, hing, urad dal, mustard
  12. Once mustard and jeera splutter, add red chilli and curry leaves, allow them to turn crisp
  13. Pour tadka over saaru and add chopped coriander
  14. Enjoy with ragi mudde or steamed white rice
Notes
Ensure raw mango is not too sour

You can use regular cooking oil instead of coconut oil if you do not have it on hand

Adjust spice and jaggery as per your taste
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/appe-saaru/