How to make gunda?

Ingredients

500 gms gunda (a kind of berry)

oil as required

1/4 cup salt

3/8 cup turmeric powder

3/8 cup fenugreek seeds coarsely grounded

a big size pinch asafoetida

1/8 cup mustard seeds coarsely grounded

150 gms mango pieces

1/4 cup red chilli powder

Method

1. Cut the gunda and scrape the seeds with a salted knife.

2. Mix in a little salt and turmeric powder.

3. Wash the mangoes completely and wipe them completely dry.

4. Cut into cubes and take off the soft seeds.

5. Mix everything fenugreek, mustard and turmeric powders.

6. Heat up 2 cup oil in a pan.

7. Set it aside till it cools down to lukewarm.

8. Pour out the oil over the powders and mix well.

9. Heat up salt slightly in a dry pot on low heat.

10. Take it off and in the same pan, heat up red chilli powder similarly.

11. Mix in both these ingredients to the oil masala.

12. Mix in the gunda and the mango pieces cubes to the masala mixture and mix till all of them are well coated with the masala.

13. Transfer into a dry ceramic or a glass jar.

14. Set it aside for 4 – 5 days without mixing.

15. Heat up enough oil to completely cover the pickled gunda and mango cubes.

16. When the oil has cooled down completely mix in to the jar.

17. Keep the jar covered tightly.

18. The pickle will be ready to serve in about a week.