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    Home » Pickles » Instant Aam Chunda | Sweet and Spicy Raw Mango Pickle

    Instant Aam Chunda | Sweet and Spicy Raw Mango Pickle

    Posted on June 5, 2017 · Last Updated on July 31, 2019 · By Srividhya G · 2 Comments

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    Aam Chunda is a famous sweet and spicy Gujarati pickle/preserve/condiment made with green mangoes. It is quite popular across the North, and it is served as a side along with roti, paratha, and theplas.

    Instant Aam Ka Chunda - Sweet and Spicy Raw Mango Pickle

    Today I am going to share the instant version or the stove top version of the popular aam ka chunda, and it is a zero oil recipe. :-)

    The traditional preparation of chunda is fascinating as well as time-consuming. The grated mango and the sugar mixture is sun dried until the sugar dissolves, and mangoes turn soft and tender. :-)

    The process is more like sun drying the vadagams. But as I mentioned above, today I am going to share the instant version. I tried chunda at my friend’s place and loved the pickle. As always, I asked her for the recipe.

    When she shared the recipe, I realized that it was more like mango thokku, but with sugar and cumin powder added along with red chili powder and methi powder. :-)

    The traditional recipe calls for sugar, but I went with jaggery and also included methi/fenugreek powder as we love that flavor. I didn’t even add all the spices one by one, just added everything in one shot and then cooked. Within 25 minutes, the yummy pickle was ready. :-) Ain’t that great?

    Here are few summer special mango pickle recipes from my archives,

    • Mango Thokku
    • Maavadu
    • Instant Mango Pickle

    Instant Aam Chunda

    Ingredients:

    • Grated Raw Mango – 2 cups
    • Powdered Jaggery – 1 cup heaped
    • Fenugreek Powder – ½ tsp
    • Red Chili Powder – 1 tsp
    • Salt – 1 tsp
    • Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp
    • Cumin Powder – ½ tsp

    Prep-Work:

    • Peel the raw mango and grate them.

    Steps:

    • In a kadai or pan, add the grated mango and all the spices and jaggery.

    Adding grated mango, spices and jaggery to a pan

    • Combine well and cook this mix over a low flame.
    • The mix well starts to come together and also it will ooze out a lot of water.

    The mix in the pan oozes out water

    • Slowly the mixture starts bubbling. Keep stirring the mixture if not it might turn hard.
    • Cook until ¾ of the water evaporates, and the pickle comes to a jam-like consistency like below. It took me about 15 minutes over a low flame. If you are cooking over a medium flame, you can cook for about 8 to 9 minutes.

    Pickle comes to a jam-like consistency

    • Let it cool and store in an airtight container.

    Serve it with theplas or parathas. I served this with Brussel Sprouts Paratha and here it is.

    Serving Sweet and Spicy Raw Mango Pickle - Instant Aam Ka Chunda

    Notes:

    • Methi powder is completely optional.
    • You can use sugar, instead of jaggery.
    • I went with comparatively less sweet and spicier. But you can increase the sugar and jaggery or the spices as per your taste preference.
    • Make sure you keep stirring the pickle mix if not it will get hard and also the pickle should be semi-solid like jam.
    • I did not go with one string or 2 string consistency. Once ¾ of the water got evaporated, it cooked for couple more minutes and turned it off. But you can cook until one string consistency.
    •  It took me about 15 minutes to prepare the pickle over a low flame. If you are cooking over a medium flame, you can cook for about 8 to 9 minutes.
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    Instant Aam Chunda | Sweet and Spicy Raw Mango Pickle

    Instant Aam ka Chunda is a famous sweet and spicy Gujarati pickle/preserve/condiment prepared with raw mangoes, jaggery, and other spices.
    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time25 mins
    Total Time35 mins
    Course: sauces and spreads, sides
    Cuisine: Gujarati
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 266kcal
    Author: Srividhya G

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups Grated Raw Mango
    • 1 cup Powdered Jaggery
    • ½ tsp Fenugreek Powder
    • 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
    • 1 tsp Salt
    • ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
    • ½ tsp Cumin Powder

    Instructions

    Prep-Work

    • Peel the raw mango and grate them.

    Steps

    • In a kadai or pan, add the grated mango and all the spices and jaggery.
    • Combine well and cook this mix over a low flame.
    • The mix well starts to come together and also it will ooze out a lot of water.
    • Slowly the mixture starts bubbling. Keep stirring the mixture if not it might turn hard.
    • Cook until ¾ of the water evaporates, and the pickle comes to a jam-like consistency like below. It took me about 15 minutes over a low flame. If you are cooking over a medium flame, you can cook for about 8 to 9 minutes.
    • Let it cool and store in an airtight container.
    • Serve it with theplas or parathas.

    Notes

    • Methi powder is completely optional.
    • You can use sugar, instead of jaggery.
    • I went with comparatively less sweet and spicier. But you can increase the sugar and jaggery or the spices as per your taste preference.
    • Make sure you keep stirring the pickle mix if not it will get hard and also the pickle should be semi-solid like jam.
    • I did not go with one string or 2 string consistency. Once ¾ of the water got evaporated, it cooked for couple more minutes and turned it off. But you can cook until one string consistency.
    • It took me about 15 minutes to prepare the pickle over a low flame. If you are cooking over a medium flame, you can cook for about 8 to 9 minutes.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 266kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 594mg | Potassium: 152mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 62g | Vitamin A: 1095IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1.1mg

    I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.

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    1. Traditionally Modern Food says

      June 07, 2017 at 6:14 pm

      Never tried sweet and spicy verison of mango thokku. For my sweet tooth this’s tempting

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      • Srividhya G says

        June 08, 2017 at 7:43 am

        :-) :-) Thanks

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