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Potatoes pickle



Potatoes pickles are very much common in Nepal when there is special day in family. There are plenty of ways to make its pickle and then enjoy it as per the time and mood. If you are health concision and avoiding potatoes fearing it might make you fat then keep in mind that boiled potatoes do not add extra pound in your body its only that you should stay away from fried potatoes for that matter.

What ingredients will you need to make a potato pickle that wins the heart of of people who will be at the guest list ? Here I go with the ingredients :


Potatoes                       :        One kg [ 1000 grams]
Green chilies                :        5 - 6 
Salt                              :        As per the taste
Sesame seeds               :        Four tablespoons white
Lemon                          :        Two medium size
Turmeric powder          :        1/2 teaspoon
Fenugreek seeds           :        1/2 teaspoon
Mustard Oil                   :        Two tablespoons


How can you convert it into a delicious and tasty pickle ?


  • Clean potatoes and boil it. if you do it in a pressure cooker it will be done in three whistle. After that keep it aside to cool.
  • Peel it and cut it into four and six pieces according to the size of potatoes. Put it into a big bowl.
  • Put salt, squeeze lemon juice over the potatoes and keep it aside.
  • Roast sesame seeds on a dry hot pan until most of it pops up. Stir it constantly so that the fragile seeds wont burn out.
  • Once its done put it in the mixture to grind. if need be add some water to
    make a fine paste out of it.
  • Clean chilies and chop it.
  • Add sesame paste and chili  into a bowl.  And mix it well.
  • Now heat a pan and then put a fenugreek seeds on it then wait until its color becomes total black in other word burn it and then gas off.
  • Put turmeric on the hot oil and pour it over the bowl where all the pickle mix is kept.
  • Put the lid on the bowl for a minute or two.
  • Now mix everything for one more time. 

Now your pickle is ready !






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