What you see here is the Avakaya or Avakai, a mango pickle that is made across South India. It is made using raw mangoes and spices. The name ‘Avakaya’ is a combination of ‘ava’ and ‘kaya’ where 'kaya' refers to the raw mango and 'ava' refers to the source of the oil used for making the pickle. So, what does 'ava' mean?

What is this pickle?

What you are seeing here is the Gongura, the leaf using which the infamous Gongura pickle is made. The leaves are of a flowering plant that is considered dear by the womenfolk given its benefits on hair growth. Name the plant in question.

This is Chhundo, a pickle as well as a condiment mostly made out of grated green mangoes. It is also used as an accompaniment to the main meal that typically consists of Roti, Sabzi. The translation of the term Chhundo refers to the way the condiment is made. What does it mean?

Pictured here is the Carissa carandas, a species of flowering shrub in the family Apocynaceae. It produces berry-sized fruits that are commonly used as a condiment in Indian pickles and spices. How is it called in Hindi?