Aavakaaya Aavakaaya is the most famous Hot-dish (also called Pickles in general ) made in Andhra Pradesh.

This dish is made of Raw sour mangoes (Kaya) and mustard powder (Ava Pindi). It has a spicy and tangy taste, and goes well with very hot rice and ghee. The specaility of this dish, is that it stays fresh all year. The recipe is as follows (Strictly under dry conditions) Ingredients Raw Mango - 2 large ones Red chilipowder - 1 cup Salt - 1 cup Turmeric - 1/4 spoon Mustard powder - 1 1/4 cup (you may take mustard seeds and grind them into powder in a blender. do it very slowly giving some gap. otherwise oil may come out of it) Oil - 3 cups (you may use gingely oil) Methi seeds - 1/4 cup (or you may use small channa seeds. but Methi is good for health) Garlic Cloves - 4 (optional) Method: Wash mangoes and dry them by wiping with a clean dry cloth. It is important to have them completely dry. Cut mangoes into pieces. See that all the pieces get a portion of hard shell of mango (we call it 'tenka' in telugu) also, while cutting take out the seed ('jeedi') In a large bowl mix red chilli powder, salt, mustard powder, turmeric, garlic cloves and methi seeds together. Now add oil so that it becomes a wet paste. Add the cut pieces to this wet paste and transfer it into a dry jar. Pour some oil on the top and cover it tightly. On the third day mix it all over again with a dry laddle. Enjoy it with rice and oil/ghee.