Pickle Journey - with unique recipes (Part -1)

    In Indian Cuisine Pickle plays a vital role as an accompaniment. Though it is always a sideline or rather comparatively less consumed element, still it holds a great impact on most of the Indian traditional meal courses. Its prime job is to support the main element with its contrast taste. 

 

    Pickle is majorly associate with Vegetarian meals. There are very few references found in Indian cuisine, where pickle is paired with non- veg meal. Even Non-Veg Pickles are comparatively less in trends.

 

The need for Pickling - 

Seasonality of any product, which gives huge production for a particular or rather limited period in a year. Hence, to make it available throughout the year without spoiling, the Pickling concept comes into existence. For that various methods, preserving agents(Preferably natural) are used, which helps to retain the product for a longer duration without spoiling, even in some cases the more its preserved gives the best results in taste.


    Pickles are widely available in ready-made forms at the market. There are various brands which are producing different types of pickles. Yet, if you closely monitor, the variety you may found depends on its universal popularity(of course those brands are there to do business) such as Mango, Lemon, Green Chili, Mix Veg, etc. There is hardly any change of major ingredients. Variety in taste e.g. Spicy, Sweet, tangier might be found as per regional preferability.

  

 

Sharing Some recipes, which are hard to found in ready-made form and most importantly easy to make and the best result will be achieved by making at home only. 

 

 

Raw Papaya Pickle

 

Ingredients : 

Raw Papaya - 500 GM

Red Chili Powder- 25 GM

Ginger - 150 GM

Garlic - 150 GM

Vinegar - 350 ML

Salt - 30 GM

 

Process : 

1. Peel the papaya and cut into even size pieces. 

2. Cut the Jullience of ginger and chop the garlic.

3. Place these all ingredients into a jar. 

4. Add vinegar and salt into it. Shake it well and keep it aside for 48 hours.

5. Then add red chili powder and mix it well. Keep it aside for more than 48 hours.

6. Pickle is ready to use.

 

 

 

Potato Pickle

 

Ingredients :

Potato - 7-8 nos.

White Sesame Seeds - 2 Tbsp

Green Chilies - 9-10 nos.

Dry Red Chilies - 5-6 nos.

Fenugreek Seeds - 1/2 Tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp

Lemon Juice - 2 nos.

Refine Oil - 2 Tbsp

Salt - to taste

 

Process: 

1. Peel the potatoes and Cut into small dices. Boil it in turmeric water.

2. Dry roast the sesame seeds and dry red chilies.

3. Crush it together and mix with salt & lemon juice. Place this over boiled potatoes.

4. Heat oil, make tempering of Fenugreek seeds and slit green chilies.

5. Pour it over the potatoes and mix it well. Let it rest for a while before use. 

 

 

More interesting and unique recipes along with some more Pickle facts in our next pickle journey blog. 

 to be continue.....

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