Ladies Finger's Pickle

Ladies Finger

Although pickles are made out of fruit and vegetables but not all vegetables and fruits. However, we have  few gourmet people who use some different vegetables to make pickles than the usuals ones. So, what you need to make pickle from ladies finger ? Here are  the things we need to make it pickles.

Ingredients

Ladies finger : 500 grams

Sesame seed : Four table spoon

Red chili : one teaspoon of

Onion : 2 medium size

Salt : As per taste

Lemon : 2 medium size

Turmeric powder : 1/4 of teaspoon

Fenugreek seeds : 1/3 of teaspoon

Mustard oil : Two table spoon 

 Here is the process that converts all these ingredients into a pickle. 

• First clean ladies finger and cut it from the center and then cut each piece into two. It has to be long in shape.

• Chop onions finely.

• Heat mustard oil in a pan.

• Put fenugreek seeds on the pan and let it be brown.

• Add some turmeric powder on the same pan and toss it lightly.

• Put ladies finger on the pan and cook it for 5 - 7 minutes.

• When the ladies finger is cooked pour it in a clean and dried bowl and keep it aside.

• Add salt, chili, sesame powder [ toasted and grinded] and onion on it.

• Squeeze lemon over it and then mix it properly.

Now, your pickle is ready to serve !

Ramina Bajracharya

The recipe is shared by Ramina Bajracharya. She is a fashion designer, a mother,  a wife. She belongs to Newar community, who are well known for their culinary skill as they have mastered the art to tease the taste buds of gourmet.

Fresh red hot chili pickle

Chili is one of the must have ingredients to make all pickles but this also can be a major ingredients to make a pickle.  A combination of lemon juice, hot chili and salt can never ever go wrong when it comes to making a bottled pickle that will last long. It can be ready to consume within ten days of bottling it however some prefer it when it matures enough. That enough maturation times seems to be minimum a month keeping it under the sun during winter time or two months after making it. As for me its ready to eat after ten days. 

Ingredients : 

• Lemon juice                 :  400 ml
• Hot chilies                    :  550 grams [ cherry chili ]
• Black [ rock ] salt         :  2 teaspoon 
• Sea salt                         :  3 teas spoon
• Timur                           :  half teaspoon 
• Clear jar                       :  1000 gms  [1 kg] capacity of a bottle with plastic lid

How to convert it into a tangy and mouth watering ?  Process.

• Grind Timur and mix it with salt. 
• Keep the mixed salt and Timur in glass bottle. 
• Squeeze all the lemon juice in a bottle and then shake it well so that salt and juice is mixed well. 
• Make small incision with knife in each chili before you drop it in the bottle. 
• When the bottle is filled up to the rim then cover the lid tightly. 
• Keep the pickle bottle in a place which gets enough sun during day time. It helps to mature it properly.
• Wait until a week pass by before its ready to consume with rice.

Now, your pickle will be ready in 10 days.

Note :  

1. Make sure the lid is made of plastic.  Metal lid will spoil scent as well as taste of the pickle. Then you might mistakenly think something is wrong in the process of making it.
2. This can be used after a week or ten days but some insist you should eat it only when it matures enough and  that time is minimum a months time. However, you can keep in mind that hot chili, salt and Timur is ready to eat any time.