Thursday, September 25, 2008

MANGO-BLACK GRAM AND KARONDA PICKLE

Karonda Pickle :

Ingredients :-
  • Karonda                           1/2 Kg.
  • Turmeric                         2 tea spoons
  • Fenugreek                       2 tea spoons
  • Cuminseed                      1 table spoon
  • Red Chilli Powder          1 table spoon
  • Salt                                  1 table spoon
  • Asafoetida                      a pinch
  • Ghee (butter oil)           2 table spoons 
  • Oil                                   125 grams
Method :-

Wash & cut karonde. Heat ghee in a utensil, fry asafoetida, cuminseed, fenugreek for 2 to 3 minutes, add turmeric & red chilli powder fry a little more, add salt & karonde, mix all the ingredients well take off the fire, cool. Fill in a lidded jar. Heat the oil in a utensil, cool & pour in the jar, keep the jar with the pickle in the sun for 3 days, the pickle is ready.

Mango & Chana (Gram) Pickle :

Ingredients:-
  • Raw Mango                           1 Kg.
  • Black Gram                           250 grams
  • Salt                                         125 grams
  • Mustard                                25 grams
  • Asafoetida                             a pinch
  • Turmeric                              20 grams
  • Fenugreek                            20 grams
  • Aniseed                                 50 grams
  • Red chilli powder                 20 grams
  • Mustard Oil                          125 grams
Method :-
Peel mangoes, cut these in circular thin slices. Wash & dry black grams. Combine mango,  gram & salt, keep in the sun for some time, juice will come out of the mangoes & the grams will puff up soaked in the juice.Grind fenugreek & aniseed coarsely, add to the mangoes & grams, also add asafoetida, red chilli powder & turmeric. Heat mustard oil, cool, & mix with the rest of the mixture. Fill in a jar & keep in the sun for 10 days. The grams will puff up more & become deliciously sour. The pickle is ready.                                       

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