Food glorious food!!

Mensakai was something that I ate whenever I was in India back in my grandma's house especially when we had food at the temple. I had no clue what it was called back then. It was just something that was sweet, sour, tangy, and spicy all at the same time!! I used to call it mensinkai which I later got to know was green chillies in Kannada and obviously not connected to my Konkani mensakai. Having lost my grandmother years ago and not visited India or having a temple meal in forever, I had literally forgotten about this gem until a few weeks ago when my mom's friend brought in some for us (Thanks Jayshree) and you know how the universe conspires to bring you closer to what you wish for right? As I slurped away the last bit of that relishing mensakai, the heart yearned for more and lo! One of my favourite food writers on FB happened to have the recipe on her page! I tweaked her recipe a bit because I didn't have a lot of mangoes at home and what happened after that was...