Vadu Mangai / Mavadu project - 3

Everyday after my bath, I gave the bottle a gentle shake so that all juices from the vadu could react with the salt. Slowly the dry salt-filled bottle was filled with aromatic liquid. hmmm....

Unfortunately, I could not record the further magic as I was travelling. But yes, do have couple of photos to show what I did next.

In a kadai, add few drops of gingelly oil and roast couple of red chilles .  

After the chillies are cooled powder them along with few mustard. Put the powder inside the jar containing the mangai. Over the due course of time, the flavour and the spice penetrates the vadu and soon you'll get to enjoy the vadu mangai.

Vadu Mangai / Mavadu project - 2

Day 2

Take the dry, washed tender mangoes in a bowl and  add castor oil (I added 3 tablespoon) just enough to form a coating on the mangai and turmeric powder.

Tender mangai dry and ready for the next stage

Adding castor oil and turmeric

Beautiful coating on the tender mangoes

Use your finger and gently toss the tender mangoes so that a coating of oil and turmeric is formed on the skin. Make sure your hands are dry before you handle the tender mangoes.

Leave them aside in the same bowl for about an hour or so.

Bottle them with salt just about to form a coating on the skin of the mangoes.

Salt  - ready for action...

Vadu mangai bottled - let the magic begin!!

I did not have any ceramic jars to bottle these lovely vadu mangai. Instead used a 'Horlicks' plastic bottle. Yes! it did serve the purpose. Make sure that the bottle is completely devoid of any smell or water. You or the vadu mangai will never like any kind of interference apart from the salt on the mangoes..

From now onwards, I plan to give this bottled vadu mangai a gently shake everyday morning after my bath (just like my grandmother) for the magic to begin...