దోస ఆవకాయ: Dosa avakaya- Yellow cucumber-Mustard-Chilli-marinade

INGREDIENTS
1.Dosa kaayalu / Yellow Cucumber

2.Red Chilly powder...............3/4 cup.

3.Mustard powder...................3/4 cup.

4.Salt...........................................1/3 cup.

5.Oil.............................................3/4 cup.

6.Fenungreek powder...............2 tsp.

METHOD:

1.Take hard, firm and yellow Dosakaayalu.

2.Taste one piece while cutting them in to small pieces. Because they can be bitter some times. cut all and keep side.

3.Measure Chilly powder, mustard powder and salt, as given above.

4.If mustard powder is not available, you can make it at home. Take little more than a cup of Mustard seeds, keep them in sun to be little hot. Suppose no sun, heat them on stove, putting them in a thick bottomed vessel. Just heat enough. and put it in the grinder and make fine powder.To take out skin part of the powder, sieve it. At the bottom you get fine powder.

5.Now mix all three powders together, taking them as in the measurements.

6.Put 1/2 oil into the mixture mix well. Add fenungreek powder too. mix wee again.

7.Add the Dosakaaya mukkalu (pieces). Again mix well.

8Add rest of the oil and cover it for 24 hrs.

9.Depending upon the taste of Dosakaaya, if it is not enough sour, you can put 2 t sp of lemon juice in it mix well. or another choice is to use, 1/4 t sp of citric acid. this keeps the pickle for long time.

10.This makes a big 1/2 kg bottle.

11. This is often made in telugu houses.