KARELA - AONLA PICKLE

Karele (Bitter Gourd) ka achar (Pickle) :

Ingredients:-

• Bitter Gourd                            1/2 Kg.
• Salt                                            2 tea spoons
• Coriander powder                   2 tea spoons
• Fenugreek                                2 tea spoons
• Cardamom                               2 tea spoons
• Cuminseeds                             1 tea spoon
• Asafoetida                                a pinch
• Oil                                             500 grams

Method :-

Peel & wash bitter gourds, cut them length wise without making two portions. Heat 100 grams oil & fry all the spices for some time. Fill the fried spices (after they cool) in the bitter gourds, put them in a lidded jar & keep in the sun for 4 days. Heat rest of the oil, let it cool then add it to the bitter gourds in the jar. Pickle will be ready in 8 to 10 days.

                                

Aonla (Emblica Myrobalans) ka achar (Pickle) :

Ingredients:-

• Aonla                                    1/2 Kg.
• Cuminseed                           1 table spoon
• Red Chilli Powder               1 table spoon
• Aniseed                                1 table spoon
• Mustard                               2 table spoons
• Salt                                       2 table spoons
• Coriander Powder              2 table spoons
• Oil                                         125 grams

Method:-

Cook aonla in steam till they break. Remove from fire, remove the seeds. Spread in shade to dry. Mix all the spices in the dried aonlas. Heat the oil, let it cool,  add the mixed aonlas. Keep in a lidded jar, the pickle will be ready to eat in 2 days. This is a very tasty pickle, and it is very healthy also as Aonla is a very huge source of vitamin 'C' & has lots of medicinal uses.