Name: Green Mango Shred Preserve (Am Ka Luccha)
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: ¼ oz (15 g) alum (phatkari) to prepare alum water sufficient to cover the mango shreds; ¾ pt (480 mils) water; ½ oz (15 g) slaked lime (chuna) to prepare lime water sufficient to cover the shreds; 1 teaspoonful citric acid (nimboo ka sat); 2 lb (1 kilo) mango shreds; A pinch of ground saffron; 4 ozs (115 g) blanched toasted almonds; 6 drops kewra essence; 10 to 12 green cardamoms (crushed seeds only); 1 tablespoonful ruh kewra or; 2 lb (1 kilo) sugar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs. Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery

By Mrs Balbir Singh

Published 1961

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Ingredients

2 lb (1 kilo) mango shreds
¾ pt (

Method

Select mangoes as described under green mango preserve. Pare and pass through a shredder, using the medium disc (use a grater in the absence of a shredder). Soak for 2 to 3 hours in lime water sufficient to cover them. Wash and boil in the alum water till tender. Remove from the alum water and wash in 2 to 3 changes of hot water in order to el