MANGO AVAKAYA / MANGO PICKLE

AVAKAYA ... Very famous and special dish of andhra... This is considered as KING of pickles prepared with raw mango which is used in daily cuisine.. Usually prepared in large quantities and stored in a separate jar and it will be fresh for 1 year. When i am preparing this i remembered my childhood days, when my mom is preparing this i used to help my mom in cleaning the mangoes and mixing the pickle. She used to mix in a large bowl and serving immediately with rice and ghee..Today i am sharing with you instant method of preparing mango pickle.. This pickle will be fresh for 1 month...


Preparation time : 30 min
Yields medium jar of pickle

INGREDIENTS

1 raw mango, cleaned and chopped into small pieces
5 spoons chilli powder ( i used three mango mirchi powder)
4 spoons salt
3 spoons mustard seeds powder/aavapindi
1 spoon fenugreek seeds powder/ menthipindi, dry roasted and grinded into fine powder
1/2 tsp hing/inguva/asafoetida
1 teaglass seasame seed oil/groundnut oil/sunflower oil, goes best with sesame seed oil

METHOD OF PREPARATION 

• Take a wide mixing bowl, take care that bowl must be clean without any water droplets, otherwise pickle may damage.
• Add mango pieces, chilli powder, salt, mustard seeds powder, fenugreek seeds powder, asafoetida and mix well so that the spices should be coated to the mango pieces
• Add oil and mix well.
• Keep it rest for 24 hours and transfer into a clean and sun dried jar.
• Serve with hot rice and ghee

U can increase or decrease chilli powder and salt as per your taste. U can add garlic pods( 5-6) if u like the flavor. Prepare this and enjoy the flavor of pickle.