East Indian

Aam Khatta (Odia Raw Mango Relish)

Name: Aam Khatta (Odia Raw Mango Relish)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: East Indian
Ingredients: 2 raw green mango, peeled and chopped; 1 tbsp mustard oil; 1/4 tsp mustard seeds; 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds; 1 dried red chili; 1/4 tsp turmeric; 3 tbsp jaggery; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup water

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Aam Khatta (Odia Raw Mango Relish) is East Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the condiment and the fresh side. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Vegetarian Pescatarian Vegan Halal Gluten free Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2 raw green mango, peeled and chopped
1 tbsp mustard oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
1 dried red chili
1/4 tsp turmeric
3 tbsp jaggery
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup water

How to cook it

Heat the mustard oil in a pan and temper with the mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, and dried red chili until they crackle.
Add the chopped raw mango and turmeric and stir for a minute.
Pour in the water, cover, and simmer until the mango turns soft and pulpy, about 10 minutes.
Mash the mango lightly with the back of a spoon, then stir in the jaggery and salt.
Simmer a few minutes more until the relish thickens slightly and turns glossy.
Cool and serve alongside pakhala, dalma, or plain rice.

Watch how to cook Aam Khatta (Odia Raw Mango Relish)

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Serve it with

A East Indian lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Aam Khatta (Odia Raw Mango Relish), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)
  
  35 min
The cooked vegetable
- Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips)
  
  20 min
The protein alongside
- Arhar Dal (Bihari-Style Toor Dal)
  
  30 min
What it is eaten with
- Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread)
  
  35 min

A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Aam Khatta (Odia Raw Mango Relish) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Aam Khatta (Odia Raw Mango Relish)
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 70 kcal
Protein: 0 g
Carbs: 14 g
Fat: 2 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 9 g
Sodium: 170 mg
Saturated fat: 0 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Aam Khatta (Odia Raw Mango Relish) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.