Yellow Cucumber Pickle / Dosa Avakai (Avakaya)

 

 

 Pickles!!!!!! My family just can't live without pickles. If it is a homemade pickle we will include it in almost all our meals. 

Dosa Avakai is a traditional andhra pickle like mango pickle but this is much easier than mango pickle. The skin of Yellow Cucumber is thin so it takes much less time to make this pickle compared to other pickles. You can start eating just after a day of preparation but should be consumed within 10 -12 days.

Ingredients

2 medium Yellow Cucumber
1 cup of Oil
1/2 cup Mustard
1/2 cup Salt
1/2 cup Red Chilli Powder
1 teaspoon Fenugreek Seeds
3 pinches Hing/ Asafoetida

1. Clean yellow cucumber. There should be no moisture on any of the things used to make it. Cut Yellow Cucumber into 8 pieces. Don't peel the skin but de-seed it and cut into small pieces. Take these pieces into a big bowl, add salt and red chilli powder.

2. Dry roast mustard seeds until the colour changes to dark grey and then powder it. Throw mustard powder into the bowl on yellow cucumber pieces. Add 1/2 cup of oil and mix it.


3. Heat the remaining oil in a small pan, add fenugreek seeds and asafoetida. Fry till fenugreek seeds changes to dark brown colour. Add this to bowl. Mix the pieces in the bowl well. Place a lid and leave it for 24 hours.

4. Transfer this into a moisture free jar.