AVAKAYA

Ingredients:

Mangoes - 2 (Cut Mangoe Pieces)

Salt - 3/4 Cup

Red Chilli Powder - 2 Cups

Musturd Powder (Ava Podi) - 1-1/2 Cup

Hing - Pinch

Turmeric Powder - Pinch

Fenegree Seeds (Methi Seeds) - 1 Tbsp

Oil - As Req'd

Process:

Step 1: Mix Red Chilli Powder, Salt, Turmeric Powder, Musturd Powder. Mix well to get a uniform mix

Step 2: Add mangoe pieces while mixing the powder mix. Continue to mix well after all mangoe pieces have been added

Step 3: Continue to mix while adding oil

Step 4: Add fenegree seeds to the mix

Step 5: Your AVAKAI is now ready, however cover the mix and leave aside for couple of days while mixing the avakai atleast once per day.

Your avakai will be ready for your enjoyment at the end of 3rd day. Howver you will realize the true taste only after the 5th day.

Store away in jar and away from direct sun light. This will remain good for more than a year provided you make sure no water droplets fall on it.

Additional Taste:  

You can get added flavor to avakai by adding some garlic to the avakai mix thus prepared above. In Andhra this is called VELLI ULLI AVAKAI

Step 1: Take a hand ful of peeled garlic cloves

Step 2: Take 1/2 of these cloves and smash them to pieces as shown above

Step 3: Add the 1/2 remaning cloves and the 1/2 smashed cloves to the avakai

Step 4: Mix well and leave it for 2 days

Step 5: Your Garlic AVAKAI is now ready.