Dosakai Thogayal (Pickle chutney)

Dosakai is a kind of cucumber.
Its yellow and brown striped vegetable.
Its used to make chutney and salads.

Ingredients:

Dosakai            -  250 gms

Dosakai thogayal

Mustard            -  1 table spoon
Fenugreek        -  1 tea spoon
Red chilies        -  2 nos
Tamarind          -  1 small berry sized
Jaggery             -  1/2 tea spoon
Asafoitida         -  1/2 tea spoon
Cooking oil       -  1 tea spoon
Salt to taste

1.  Peel the dosakai, cut and remove the seeds and cut the dosakai into very very small pieces.
2.  Soak the tamarind in warm water.
3.  Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard, methi and red chilies and fry till they crackle.
4.  After the fried items cool, add the soaked tamarind, jaggery, asafoitida and salt and grind into soft paste.
5.  Add it to the finely chopped dosakai and mix well.
6.  Serve it with rice, roti, paratha or dosai.