Curried Mango - Trinidad

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 -5 green mangoes
• 2 tablespoons trinidadian curry powder
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 garlic cloves, shredded
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• hot pepper (optional) or west indian pepper sauce (optional)
• 2 teaspoons massala mixed spice (preferably anchar massala but garam massala will work as well)

Recipe

• 1 cut mango lengthwise through the seed into 6 or eight pieces.
• 2 discard inner part of seed. wash and set aside.
• 3 mix curry powder in 1/2 cup water to make a paste.
• 4 heat oil in heavy pot, add curry paste and cook stirring constantly over low heat for a minute.
• 5 add mangoes and stir to coat with curry.
• 6 add remaining water, garlic, salt sugar and hot pepper.
• 7 lower heat, cover and cook until mangoes are tender and liquid has evaporated, add more water if needed.
• 8 taste mango and add more sugar if mangoes are too tart.
• 9 sprinkle with anchar massala and stir well.
• 10 remove from the heat.
• 11 adjust salt and pepper.