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Pacha Manga Chammanthi; is Kerala's own traditional Raw Mango Chutney, made with raw mango, coconut, shallots, and green chilies. Its vegan and low calorie and so easy to make! When I got some organic mangoes from my friend's backyard; I was so happy.....the first thing I did was preserve some of the mangoes (will post soon) and then made mango pickle, mango rice, mango curry and this chammathi or chutney. Nothing beats the taste of fresh organic backyard mango!
Manga Chammanthi and hot kanji (rice gruel) is a combination favored by Malayali....the so called comfort food! Chammanthi can be roughly translated to chutney; though it is not watery as most chutneys are.
Pacha literally means green, in Malayalam cookery the word…
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