Riya's Samayal

Ingredients: Raw Papaya - 1 cup peeled and cut into small pieces. Sugar - 1/2 cup. Food Colour - your choice of colour Powdered sugar -1tbsp. Method: In a pan add sugar and 1/4 cup of water and make the sugar syrup. Check for 1 string consistency. In a bowl add some water and put the cut and peeled raw papaya pieces and allow it to boil for 2 mins. We don't have to cook fully..add half-boiled raw papaya into the sugar syrup. Add your favourite food colour and mix thoroughly. After that spread the sugar-coated papaya pieces into a tissue paper. Allow it to dry for a day or two. Now add the powdered sugar into the papaya, this will absorb the stickiness. Keep it in an airtight container. Tadaaa tutti fruity is ready!. You can use it in your cakes, desserts etc..

Ingredients: Raw Mango -1 (Peeled) Red Chilly Powder- 3 tsp. Dry roasted fenugreek powder-1 tsp. Asafoetida- a pinch. Turmeric Powder- a pinch. Gingelly oil- 5 tbsp. Mustard seeds- 1 tsp. Jaggery - 1 tsp.(optional) Preparation  1. Dry roast fenugreek seeds and grind it into a smooth powder. 2. Peel and cut the mango into small pieces. We can cut the mangoes into small cubes or into slices. Method: In a pan, heat oil and add mustard seeds allow it to splutter. Now add a pinch of asafoetida and add the cut mango pieces into it. Add some water and allow the mango to cook. Once the mango is fully cooked and soft, add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, fenugreek powder and salt.  Mix well for 5 mins.  Add jaggery at this time and stir well. Spicy Mango Pickle is ready. store it in an airtight container. We can keep this pickle for months. It will stay longer if we keep this under sun for some time. Mango -1 peal and cut Red chilli powder 3spoon Venthaym varuthu podi 1spoon  Perungayam  Tur