Name: Chhundo
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Makes About 1⅓ Cups (360 g)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon mild ground red chili or sweet paprika; 2 cups (about 275 g) peeled, seeded, and grated mango (1 large or 2 small mangoes, very green and firm to touch); ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¾ cup (165 g) cane sugar (see Ingredient Tip); ¼ teaspoon freshly ground cardamom seeds (from about 4 pods); ⅛ teaspoon freshly ground cloves (about 4 cloves); ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds, coarsely ground in a mortar; ¼ teaspoon fennel seeds, coarsely ground in a mortar

Preparation info

Makes About
1⅓ Cups

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Plant-Based India

By Sheil Shukla

Published 2022

About

Chhundo is a sweet and sticky condiment (similar in texture to a marmalade) made from preserved green mango and warm spices. I gained appreciation for how it’s traditionally made when I was on a summer trip in India. Shruti Foi, my paternal aunt, would fill a large steel pot with shredded mango, sugar, and spices and leave it out in the Mumbai sun all day. She’d bring it inside each night and repeat the process for about a week, or until the mixture had become a perfect, sy