A favourite of the Parsi community and often served during celebrations. If you can’t get hold of green mangoes use ripe mangoes and omit the sugar. The recipe is from ” Thali” by Maunika Gowardhan.
Ingredients
- 2 garlic cloves peeled and roughly chopped
- 5 cm ginger root peeled and roughly chopped
- 3 tbsps vegetable oil
- 150 g white onions finely chopped
- 2 green birds eye chillies slit lengthways
- 750 g skinless chicken on the bone jointed
- salt to taste
- 200 ml water
- 120 g mango diced into bite sized chunks
- juice of 1/2 lime
- a pinch sugar
For the green chutney paste:
- 180 g mango diced
- 50 g coriander leaves and stems
- 25 g mint leaves
- 2 garlic cloves
- 50 g grated fresh or frozen coconut
- 100 ml water
Servings:
Instructions
- First make the green chutney paste. Place all the paste ingredients into a blender and blitz to form a smooth paste. Remove from the blender and set aside. In the same blender , grind the garlic and ginger with a splash of water. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a heavy based saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onions and fry for 10-12 minutes until they begin to brown. Add the garlic and ginger paste and fry for a minute.
- Add the green chillies and chicken and fry for 2-3 minutes. Season and add the water then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring halfway through.
- Add the green chutney paste, most of the diced mango, the sugar and the lime juice and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring often, Add the remaining mango and serve warm with rice.
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