Amba (condiment) Amba (condiment) Amba or anba (, ) is a tangy mango pickle condiment popular in Indian and Middle Eastern cuisine (particularly Saudi, Iraqi, and Israeli cuisines). It is typically made of mangoes, vinegar, salt, mustard, turmeric, chili and fenugreek, similarly to savoury mango chutneys. Mangoes being native to South Asia, the name "amba" seems to have been borrowed, via Arabic, from the Marathi word "āmbā" (आंबा), which is in turn derived from the Sanskrit word "āmra" (आम्र, "mango"). Amba is frequently used in Iraqi cuisine, especially as a spicy sauce to be added to fish dishes, falafel, kubbah, kebabs, and
Pressure cooking frying under pressure, because ordinary pressure cookers are not suitable for pressure frying. Pressure cooking Pressure cooking is the process of cooking food, using water or other cooking liquid, in a sealed vessel known as a "pressure cooker". This simulates the effects of long braising within a shorter time. Almost any food that can be cooked in steam or water-based liquids can be cooked in a pressure cooker. The cooker works by trapping the steam produced from boiling the cooking liquid inside the vessel. This causes internal pressure and temperature to rise quickly. After use, the steam is slowly released