ANDHRA SPECIAL AVAKAYA MANGO PICKLE RECIPE

Wash and wipe mango nicely with a cotton cloth . Use a very sharp knife and cut into bite size pieces retaining the hard shell of the seed intact .There will be a thin layer attached to the hard shell .Using a sharp knife Scrub and peel off

Sun dry mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds for 3-4 hours to make them little crisp. dry roast them for few seconds .Powder them .

In a big mixing bowl , add salt , chill powder , mustard - fenugreek powder , garlic

Mix everything well. Our pickle masala is ready to use .

To that add diced mangoes .Mix nicely .

Take a big cleaned sterilised glass bottles / pickle containers. Add little masala coated mango into the jar . Pour some oil . Again add some more pieces and layer with oil . Do this till all your your mango pieces are over .

Finally pour the left over spice and oil into the jar.Cover the lid and keep it aside for 2-3 days .

After 2-3 days , check if oil is floating on the jar .Mix it nicely with a clean spoon and taste . It should be little salty at this stage as mangoes are yet to take in . So if required add 1-2 tsp of salt. let it sit in a clean dry place .

After a week , you can start using the yummy avakai pickle . Store this in a clean dry place and use clean dry spoon. After a month you can transfer it a jar and keep in the refrigerator for later use. Enjoy !!