Pickles can be made from vegetables, fruit, spices, herb and more. Pumpkin is one such vegetable that can be converted into pickle. Good news is during its season pumpkin is available abundantly in the market. Although pumpkin pickle is not that usual type of vegetable unlike other vegetables but there are people who like its pickles. Here is one recipe if you like sweet pickle as this is [October] the time of the year you can have ripe pumpkin in your kitchen garden or in the market.
What do you need to make its pickles ?
Ingredients :
Pumpkin : 400 gram
Sesame seed : Three tablespoon
Salt : as per taste
Hot Chili : four nos
Lemon : two medium size
Fenugreek seeds : half teaspoon
turmeric powder : half teaspoon
Asafoetida : one pinch
Sunflower Oil : two table spoon
What you have to do it to convert it into pickle ?
- Peel and chop pumpkins into small pieces.
- Boil it on a pressure cooker and wait for three whistle before you off the gas. When you boil it put only a cup of water.
- Onces its boiled then mash it using fork or clean hand.
- Roast sesame seed, sesame seeds needs to be roasted dry without using any fat or oil.
- put sesame seeds on mixture and then run the mixture. add some water to get its thick paste. when its done add chili also and run a mixture one more time for 15 sec only.
- Put all the ingredients into a bowl and mix it well.
- Now put a pan over a gas and heat the oil. When the oil is hot enough put fenugreek seeds on it. Wait until it turns total black.
- Turn off the gas.
- Put the hing [ asafoetida ] and turmeric on it, and pour the hot oil on the bowl where pumpkin is. Put a lid on the bowl for about a minute or two.
- Now squeeze two lemon over it and mix it one more time.
Now, your pumpkin pickle is ready !
Note :
- Pumpkin is sweet by nature which require more salt and chili to get our desired tangy and tasty pickle.
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