Vadu Maanga Pickle

Ingredients
Tender mango(size of a lemon)- 1 KG
salt crystals - 200 gms
turmeric powder -1 tea spoon
mustard-3 table spoons
red chillies 15 to 20

Maa vadu:
Wash the mangoes. Wipe them dry.
Take a ceramic or glass jar.Put a handful of salt in the bottom of the jar. Put the mangoes over it.Again top it with salt.Keep it for 2 days.
The mangos would have shrunk.This is known as maa vadu. The mangoes would be floating in salt solution.
Method For making vadu maanga.
Take out the salt solution from the jar.
Grind red chillies,turmeric and mustard to paste.
Mix it with the salt solution. Add the shrunk mangoes.
This can be stored for a year.
Method to make vadu maanga pickle:
Remove a handful vadus from the jar using a ladle.
Add 3 tea spoon of chilly powder,mustard and methi powder to the vadus.
Heat oil and pour it over the mangoes (vadus)