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Aavakkai Pickle

Ingredients
1. Medium sized mangoes (unripe) ... 50 nos
2. Red, long chillies ... 2 kgs
3. Mustard powder ... 2 1/4 kg
4. Salt (preferably rock salt) ... 2 1/4 kg
5. Gingelly (sesame) oil ... 2 1/2 kgs
6. Fenugreek seeds ... 1/4 kg

 

Method:

1. Grind the red chillies into a fine powder
2. Dry the salt well before using it
3. Cut each mangoe into 8 pieces and remove the core
4. Take the ground chilli powder, mustard powder, salt, methi (fenugreek powder) and mix it well in a plate.
5. Take a clean and dried clay jar (China clay)
6. Take some oil from the measured quantity and mix up all the ingredients (chilli powder, mustard powder etc).
7. First put some oil in the jar, add with some mustard powder.
8. Now mix the mango pieces with the mixed ingredients.
9. Mix all the ingredients well with your hand and put them in layers in the jar.
10. Put some more oil on top. Preserve some oil for the third day (about 3/4 kg).
11. Close the jar with lid and a cotton cloth.
12. On the third day, open the jar and stir the aavakkai from the bottom. Pour the remaining oil.
13. The oil should cover the top as otherwise you will find your aavakai dry..

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