Green Chili Pickle[/caption]
Pickles or achaar could be called the lifeline of Indian cuisine. I've never seen a buffet spread, South Indian or North Indian, in fact from any region without a pickle. They are a given accompaniment for all meals. Pickles have been made with many different main ingredient and few common ones are, mango, lime and chilli. In this article I talk about Green Chili Pickle, which obviously is made with regular green chillies. You don't have to wait for a perfect time of the year as is with mango and red chili pickle to make this. It can be made throughout the year as the green chili never go out of season. It goes well with any meal, specially paratha with curry. Any spice / chilli lover would definitely found this useful recipe, so here is Green Chili Pickle Recipe, get on and make a home-made achaar for yourself.
All you need is (makes about 1/2 kg pickle)
Green Chili - 1/2 kg (split each chili vertically)
Salt - 2 tsp + 2 tsp
Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp + 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 2 tsp
Methi dana - 2 tsp
Saunf - 3 tsp
Red chili powder - 1 tsp
Mustard oil - 2 cup
Green Chili Pickle[/caption]
Pickles or achaar could be called the lifeline of Indian cuisine. I've never seen a buffet spread, South Indian or North Indian, in fact from any region without a pickle. They are a given accompaniment for all meals. Pickles have been made with many different main ingredient and few common ones are, mango, lime and chilli. In this article I talk about Green Chili Pickle, which obviously is made with regular green chillies. You don't have to wait for a perfect time of the year as is with mango and red chili pickle to make this. It can be made throughout the year as the green chili never go out of season. It goes well with any meal, specially paratha with curry. Any spice / chilli lover would definitely found this useful recipe, so here is Green Chili Pickle Recipe, get on and make a home-made achaar for yourself.
All you need is (makes about 1/2 kg pickle)
Green Chili - 1/2 kg (split each chili vertically)
Salt - 2 tsp + 2 tsp
Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp + 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 2 tsp
Methi dana - 2 tsp
Saunf - 3 tsp
Red chili powder - 1 tsp
Mustard oil - 2 cup
