Fresh Chili Pickle

 

Chili is one of the most common ingredients we use while making pickles. There are rarely any pickles which is made without a dash of chili. However, there are times we have people who have a taste bud that demands for more and more hot. Hotter it is, better and tastier for them. That  is the time this type of hot pickle is just the answer. When you make fresh chili pickle it could be any color, I mean all red, all green, or yellow; whatever is available in your hometown market or at home. You can also go with the mix of all at the same time. Choice is yours.

Ingredients :

Fresh Chili                               :   250 gram

Salt                                         :   as per taste                                                        

Garlic                                      :   5 cloves

Ginger                                     :   small piece 
Sesame  Powder                      :    two teaspoon

Cumin Powder                         :    one teaspoon

Anise seeds                              :   1/3 teaspoon                                                                 Parsley seeds                           :   half teaspoon

Fenugreek seeds                      :   half teaspoon

Mustard Oil                              :   one table spoon

Turmeric Powder                     :   1/3 teaspoon

How to convert it into a tasty pickle ?

• Clean and cut  chilies in to two piece. 
• Peel Ginger and Garlic also and then chop it in small piece in long.
• Heat Oil on non-stick pan. 
• Now put, fenugreek seeds, anise seeds and parsley seeds on the hot oil.                When the color of those seeds becomes dark brown then put chopped ginger and garlic on it.
• Stir it until the color of it turns golden brown.
• When its well done then add cut chili on it. 
• Then add on it the cumin powder, sesame powder and mustard powder.
• Stir it for about five to eight minutes.
• When its done, squeeze lemon over it, and mix it well before you serve.

Now, your pickle is ready !

This recipe is shared by Suchita Joshi. She is a mother of a girl and a food lover and as she says cooking is her favorite time pass. Like my many other contributors in this site, she too, belongs to a Newar community, who are recognized for their culinary skill; as they have found the secret art to tease the taste buds of gourmet. Its been more than a decade that she is living in Canada with her husband and a child. Her husband not coming from the same community, and yet in the food industry, I hope she brings unique taste to the table.