Homemade Amba – Spiced Mango Spread

👨‍🍳 Method

1. 1
   Heat the oil in a small pot and fry the garlic and ginger 2 minutes.

   ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveSmall saucepan
2. 2
   Add the turmeric, cumin, hot paprika and sweet paprika and fry half a minute.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove

   💡The spices go into the hot oil for only half a minute: burnt turmeric turns bitter.

   💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
3. 3
   Add the mango and stir, then add the vinegar, lemon juice and salt.
4. 4
   Turn down the heat and simmer 20–25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the mango softens and thickens.

   ⚙ SimmeringStove

   💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
5. 5
   Blend into a smooth spread, cool and store in a jar in the fridge up to two weeks.

   BlenderorFood processor