Bafana
Ingredients
- 30 Hafus mangoes
- 1½ kg Jaggery (soft)
- 250 g Mustard seeds (skinless split)
- Red chili powder
- Turmeric
- Salt
- Peanut oil
- Castor oil
- Baj (dry banana leaves)
Instructions
- Let mangoes ripen until evenly yellow all over.
- Boil in salted water for 45 minutes. To test, press gently with your finger if the dent remains they are done.
- Remove from water. Spread out on a cotton sheet and dry in the sun for 2 days, turning often.
- Grind mustard to a powder, add jaggery, turmeric, chili powder and some peanut oil. Stir mixture together to make a paste.
- Rub each mango with castor oil, especially the tip.
- Rub prepared paste on tips and stack in a glass jar.
- Cover with baj (dry banana leaves) then weigh it down with a clean stone, close the lid.