Flower Pickle

Koiralo is called Bauhinia in English but this friend of mine tells me this flower is available only in Nepal. So, we may not have its English name for this flower. This is that flower which blooms or gets available in the market only for very short time. This mid march till April is its season. So, why not you enjoy it when its still in the market. Here is one recipe which is must try in your kitchen.




Ingredients :

Koirala ko flower                   :  200 grams
Potatoes                               :  200 grams  or about 5 medium size
green peas                            :  about 50 grams
Salt                                      :   as per taste
Sesame seeds                       :   two table spoon
Green chili                           :   5 - 6 piece
black pepper                        :  1/2 tea spoon
lemon                                  :   two medium size
Turmeric                              :  1/2 teaspoon
mustard oil                          :   two table spoon
fenugreek seeds                   :  1/2 teaspoon



The process to convert these ingredients into pickle :

• Boil potatoes and let it cool down.
• Boil water and once it boils put the cleaned flower on it remove the flower after two minutes from the water. 
• Roast sesame on heavy gaze pan and then let it pop up. Once its cools down grind it to make its powder.
• Clean green chili and the split it in two piece.
• Mix all the ingredients.
• Heat oil on a pan put fenugreek seeds on it and let its color turn brown. after that gas off.
• Put the split green chili on it and turmeric powder also.
• Now pour the hot oil over the mixture of the pickle.

Now, your pickle is ready !

This recipe is prepared as told by Poonam Dhakhwa. She is a Co-owner of a Boutique named RD Chahat, which is in Durbar Marg. She is a designer, mother of two girls and a food connoisseur herself. She comes from a Newar community, who are well known for their culinary art as they have mastered the art to tease the taste buds of  gourmet.

Hot Lemon

• It looks like Lemon is a king of pickles. This small fruit which is sour and acidic is perfect for pickle or or its one of the most used ingredients in the pickle. Good thing is this fruit is available in the market around the year and this can be consumed all the season. During summer time this is one of that thing which makes you eat rice even if you feel not to. 

Ingredients :

Lemon : One kg

Red chili Powder : Two teaspoon

Salt : three teaspoon of Sea and Black salt

Timur : One teaspoon

How to convert all this into a tasty and delicious pickle ?

• Grind Timur and mix it with two types of salt.
• Cut each lemon into four or eight pieces.
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   Use Plastic or glass bowl to put the lemon and mix chili powder, lemon salt and Timur proper in a bowl or plate.
• Now fill the mixture in a clean and dry bottle. Press it so much that you can see juices coming up during filling process in the bottle.
• When the bottle is filled up to the rim then cover the lid tightly. No air or the gas should escape from the bottle as it makes a huge difference in its taste when it gets ready .
• Keep the pickle bottle - if its glass - in a place which gets enough sun during the day time for the next two months so that it matures properly under the winter sun.

Now your pickle will be ready in two months.

Note :

1. This pickle can be used for more than a year. however you have to keep in mind if it last !
2. Make sure the lid is made of plastic instead of metal.  Metal lid will spoil scent as well as taste of the pickle.
3. If you have used the plastic bottle I would like to recommend you to keep it in cool and dry place for more than three months. 

Shredded radish pickle with tomatoes

We probable have about two dozen ways to make a radish pickle only and that if we do not know much about how to know a pickle out of radish. however I consider myself lucky because I have friends who are not just Newars but they are food connoisseurs as well.

Ingredients :

Radish                            :  500 kg

Tomatoes                       :  5 medium size

Green garlic                   : one or two

Garlic                            : about 3 cloves

Salt                               : as per taste

Red chili                       :  powder  :  one teaspoon

Fenugree seeds             : 1/3 teaspoon

Mustard oil.                  :  one tablespoon

How to convert all these ingredients into tasty and mouth watering pickle ?

• Clean and shred radish.
• Put salt and the keep it aside for about ten minutes.
• Boil tomatoes and keep it aside to cool down.
• Squeeze the shredded and salted radish using your hands and through the excess juice out of it/
• Peel the garlic cloves and then put in the blender with tomatoes and make its puree. 
• Pour the blended tomatoes puree over the radish now.
• Put salt, red chili in the bowl where we keep radish and tomatoes puree and then mix it.  
• Chop the fresh garlic in small shred and put it in the bowl.
• Heat oil. put the fenugreek seeds on it and wait until the seeds becomes total black.
• Gas off and put some turmeric on it. 
• Now pour the hot oil over the mixture.

Now, your pickle is ready.

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

Soybean pickle

In general we use vegetables or fruits to make pickles but there are times we can use grains also to make a tasty and delicious pickle. In the past also we have posted chick-peas and peas pickle in our blog. Because, we try to give you the pickle which is not so common yet it must be easy to make and yet delicious when you eat it. Soybean is one of such rich grain which is very beneficial for heath reason and now you can make its pickle also. As for the color of it you can use whatever you have in your hand. normally we have more of brown beans in this part of the country but black and white soyabeans is also very much common sight and we can get it in the market easily.

Ingredients :

Soyabeans                :  200 grams

Salt                         :  As per the taste

Chili                        :  One teaspoon

Ginger                     :  One small stub

Lemon                     :  One

Mustard Oil              :  One tablespoon

How to convert these ingredients into a tasty pickle ?

• Roast soybean in a heavy pan and roll it on the pan constantly.
• When the bean"smiles" or its skin cracks up its done the roasting process.
• Keep it aside to cool down.
• Now roll a mortar or your strong hands over the beans to remove the skin out it. 
• When all the outer skin or testas are removed then put the beans on the mixture along with chili, salt, ginger and oil.
• Add some water on the mixture to make its fine paste and then the run the machine.
• Put it in a bowl and squeeze lemon over it if you are the fan of lemon.

Now your pickle is ready.

Radish and Tomatoes pickle

I may have told you before that we have more than a dozen ways to make radish pickle. It should not surprise anyone if each pickle of radish taste so vert much different than the one we just tasted. One of the good news of radish is, that now a days we can buy it in market around the year. And its cost is so affordable also. Now, is the main season of radish so why not use our time and make one to welcome the season in real sense.  

Ingredients :

Radish                        :  half kg [ 500 grams ] 

Red tomatoes             :  One Kg [1000 grams ]

Green Chilies              :  100 grams

Salt                            :  As per the taste

ginger                         :  one big stub

garlic                          :  5 - 6 cloves

fenugreek seeds          :  half teaspoon

turmeric powder         :  one teaspoon

mustard oil                 :  half cup

How to convert all these ingredients into a pickle ?

• Cut radish in long shape or cubicle shape.
• Boil it with slight turmeric to bring color to it 
• Boil tomatoes also in a separate pan. 
• Once its boiled remove the skin of it and then put it in the mixture and then run the machine. Then strain it on the sieve.
• Clean and chop the green chili.
• Heat oil on heavy pan and burn fenugreek seeds on it.
• Put the thinly sliced garlic and ginger.
• Add chopped green chili on the pan.
• Put turmeric powder on it and stir it slightly.
• Now add boiled radish as well as tomatoes thin paste on it. 
• Put salt on it
• Let it shimmer for abot 5 - 8 minutes.
• Let it cool down before you serve it or eat it hot as you wish.

Now, your pickle is ready !

You can eat it with rice, beaten rice or roti [ flat bread], hot or cool choice is yours.

This recipe is prepared as told by Poonam Dhakhwa. She is a Co-owner of a Boutuque named RD Chahat, which is in Durbar Marg. She is a designer, mother of two girls and a food connoisseur herself. She comes from a Newar community, who are well known for their culinary art as they have mastered the art to tease the taste buds of  gourmet.