Ahh the tingling taste of raw mango or saw kairi or say aambi...is mind boggling. Come summers and we are blessed with mangoes. Be it ripe or raw there are endless things we can make with it. Just to enlist few of raw mango recipes- Aam panha Kairi chutney Kairi sweet pickle Kairi murrabba Kairi loncha or say pickle pickle too is made in many varieties be it with grated raw mango or pieces.

Ingredients 1.5 cups whole/ sabut urad daal 1/2 cup rajma/ red kidney beans 2 medium finely chopped onions 3 medium tomatoes finely chopped 2 green chilies finely chopped 1-inch ginger finely chopped or grated 6-7 cloves garlic finely chopped or crushed or one can use 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste 1 tsp jeera 1 tejpatta/ bay leaf 1-inch a / cinnamon stick 2-3 cloves/ the 2-3 cardamom/ elaichi, green and black both 1/2 tsp red chili powder 1 tsp coriander powder  oil/ ghee cream/ malai 1 cup finely chopped coriander water salt to taste For dhungar method 1 piece of charcoal 1/2 tsp oil Preparation Soak daal and rajma overnight in enough water. rinse the lentils in water and drain. Add daal in the pressure cooker with 4-5 cups of water and a little salt. pressure cook them for at least 15-20 whistles, until the lentils are soft. after one whistle you can keep it for half an hour on low flame. daal should melt in your mouth and finger which says it's

For all my friends who don't eat eggs, don't be nervous for a fluffy cake without egg, here is a tried and tested recipe from my mother's diary. INGREDIENTS 1.5 cups (175 gms)flour/ maida 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup malai/ homemade cream 1 cup milk 1 tsp baking powder 1 tbsp baking soda few drop vanilla essence few dry fruits METHOD Sieve flour, BP, and BS Mix sugar, oil, milk, malai till its sift in touch Add essence and dry fruits Bake in preheated oven till light brown say approx 60 mins