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.
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