Hello Local guide 
Summer is a favourite time of the year for me, not only me but many Indians
No not because of sunny days but because it is the season of our beloved fruit mango,
Mango is also our national fruit and we have many different varieties that grow from the month of mid march upto June.
The raw mangoes are used for making traditional Indian pickles which is stored for whole year in a glass Jars, the pickle gets tastier as it matures, every state and region has a different way of preparing mango pickle which makes It more unique.
Raw mangoes are also used to make Raw mango chutney and Aam panna which is known for it’s cooling properties and provides energy during summer time specially if we spend more time outside in sun.
The ripe mangoes are consumed in different forms and dishes.
Most popular one is aam ras (pureed mango) which is consumed with puri a popular seasonal menu aam ras puri
Mango milkshake, mango ice cream, mango cake are some other popular items made using ripe mangoes.
Today I would like to share my favourite sweet Mango pickle which is known as Murraba
A traditional sweet pickle made using few ingredients but has a delicious mango flavour.
Ingredients needed:
6 Ripe Alphonso mangoes (make sure they are not over ripe it should be semi ripe)
Sugar (quantity of sugar should equal to quantity of mangoes used in terms of grams)
Cardamom pods 8-10
Saffron (optional)
Method :
Peel and chop mangoes into small and medium pieces, measure the quantity using a kitchen scale,
Take sugar of equal proportion and mix them and cook it in a pan on medium flame till sugar melts.
the mixture will get watery and foamy as it boils
Once the sugar starts has melted add crushed cardamom if you don’t have cardamom pods you can use powder.
Cook it till sugar melts completely and has oranges yellow shade and the quantity reduces as you can see in gif below.
make sure to keep stirring it or else it might get stuck to the bottom of pan.
Turn off the flame and let it cool down to room temperature, pour it into a glass jar and store it.
you can consume it with chapati or use it as a jam too,
This pickle can be stored for a year but make sure to open the jar and keep checking
Alphonso mangoes are mostly used for this as it has sweet and tangy flavour.
. Very nice recipe 
. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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. Did not try roasted method yet. If possible give short description of roasted method. Thank you 
