Ambula (food)

Ambula (Odia: ଆମ୍ବୁଲ) is an Odia (eastern Indian) preparation of drying salted green mangoes under sun. Ambula is used to sour curries like "Kanji" and "Chatu rai". This is the most favorite food of every Odia. It can be prepared with red or green chili, garlic and water and can be served with "pakhala". [1]

Pieces of ambula

Preparation

Mango is mixed with salt and dried in the sunlight. After drying they are preserved in earthen pots (Atika).Also it is used in various curries to enhance flavour like fish curry, okra curry.[2]

References

Laxmi Parida (1 April 2003). Purba: Feasts from the East: Oriya Cuisine from Eastern India. iUniverse. pp. 101–. ISBN 978-0-595-26749-1.
Jagannatha Dash (1 January 1999). Human ecology of foragers: a study of the Khariā (Savara), Ujiá (Savara), and Birhor in Similipāl hills. Commonwealth.

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[Parida2003-1] Laxmi Parida (1 April 2003). Purba: Feasts from the East: Oriya Cuisine from Eastern India. iUniverse. pp. 101–. ISBN 978-0-595-26749-1.

[Dash1999-2] Jagannatha Dash (1 January 1999). Human ecology of foragers: a study of the Khariā (Savara), Ujiá (Savara), and Birhor in Similipāl hills. Commonwealth.