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Pickle Journey (Part -3)

Sweet & Tangy Lemon Pickle Ingredients: Lemon - 250 GM Garam Masala Powder - 1 Tbsp Salt - 2 Tbsp Sugar - 3 Tbsp Red Chili Powder - 2 tsp   Process: 1. Cut the lemon into half and squeeze out the juice. 2. Now cut the (squeeze out) lemon rind into small pieces. 3. In a jar mix together cut lemon rind, salt, garam masala powder, and Red chili Powder.  4. Add lemon juice and shake it well. 5. Add sugar and mix it nicely. 6. Keep this jar for sun-dried for 3-4 days.  7. This Pickle tastes best with maturity.       Date Pickle   Ingredients: Dates - 250 GM Red Chili Powder - 25 GM Ginger - 100 GM Garlic - 100 GM White Vinegar - 500 ML   Process: 1. Deseeds the dates. Wash it and dry it. Cut into half. 2. Thinly slice the ginger. Crush the garlic. 3. In a jar add vinegar, ginger, garlic, dates, and salt. Shake it well.  4. After 2 days add red chili powder. Mix it well. 5. Post 4 days the pickle is ready to use.       Garlic Pic...

Pickle Journey - with Unique recipes (Part -2)

     The term “Pickle” derived from Dutch Vocabulary “pekel”, means brine. The first pickling happened with Cucumber around 4500 years ago.         There are three basic types of Indian Pickles: preserved in Vinegar, preserved by using salt, and preserved in oil. In that Preserving in oil is the most popular one. Due to preservation, food won’t be required to be refrigeration and that’s the reason its ideal for long-distance travel.        Among all the Indian Pickles, mango pickles are the most popular ones. You will find a hundred types of mango pickles in India.         Though every pickle recipe has its own type of oil, which is well incorporated with the whole pickle taste, sesame oil is the right choice.     Carrot Pickle   Ingredients :   Carrot - 500 GM Dry Red Chili - 5-6 nos Fenugreek Seeds - 1/2 Tsp Garlic - 7-8 cloves Ginger - 1 inch Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Tsp Mustard...

Pickle Journey - with unique recipes (Part -1)

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     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 t...