Garlic Pickle

Garlic is very commonly grown here in Nepal. So, no wonder if it is used as one of the most important condiments when it comes to preparing our vegetables and pickles.

It is used in our foods due its many health beneficial reasons also not just the strong scent or flavor it bring in our food. Ours is a pickle site however, we give you some health benefits related to the condiments, spices, fruit or vegetables we make pickles, soon. Now lets talk about garlic pickle.

Ingredients :

Garlic : 8 pods

Red chili : 4 dry

Fenugreek seeds : half tea spoon

Sesame oil : One cup

Salt : ½ teaspoon

Lemon : 4 medium size 

How to convert all these ingredients into pickle ?

• Peel all the garlic cloves.
• Dry them under sun.
• Take a small glass bottle of 500 gram capacity.
• Squeeze all the lemon juice in the bottle.
• Add salt and garlic in it and with lid on.
• Keep it aside for four days.
• After four days heat the oil and fry chili on it.
• Then grind the chili.
• Dry fry fenugreek seeds separately  and then make its powder.
• Now put chili and fenugreek seeds power into the glass bottle along with the oil.
• Shake the bottle properly and keep aside the pickle bottle in a cool and dry place of the kitchen.
• After four days you can use it as pickle

Now your pickle is ready.

Health benefits of Garlic

There are many sites which are dedicated to the health benefit of garlic. Taking a clove of garlic thins your blood and it's good for those who suffers from the blood pressure. Garlic is good for so many health issues. It's good for cold and flu, skin and hair, blood purifier, cancer, blood pressure and heart problems. According to the World’s Healthiest Food, "all types of health benefits from garlic described combine together to make this allium vegetable helpful in reducing our risk of numerous cardiovascular diseases. Including in this list are: heart attack (myocardial infarct), coronary artery disease (CAD), high blood pressure (hypertension), and atherosclerosis. In addition, it is worth noting that the everyday flexibility of our blood vessels has been shown to improve with intake of garlic."