Amba Khatta

Odia raw mango sweet-sour relish — raw mangoes cooked with jaggery, panch phoron, dried red chilli, and a tempering of mustard seeds in mustard oil until the mango softens and the jaggery forms a thick, sticky glaze. The balance of fierce sourness, deep jaggery sweetness, and the five-spice tempering is distinctly Odia; served in small quantities at the end or middle of a meal as a palate cleanser and digestive. Also made with raw tamarind or dried mango (ambula) when fresh mangoes are unavailable.