Pickle without chili

Garlic has so many goodness in it that benefits your heath directly. You can eat it for many of your health complications. Many people who suffer from blood pressure know that they should take it raw to thin the blood but we all know this we cant talk after eating raw garlic. So for that very reason we are making its pickle. And the challenge is this, we cant add chili in it. that sounds quiet normal here because garlic is as hot as Chili. For that very reason it has been one of the most important ingredients when we make pickle and  we cant imagine any pickle without it. There are times we can enjoy pickle without chili also. And if there is any pickle which can meet the challenge with out chili then this must be a garlic pickle.

Ingredients : 

garlic                     : 200 grams

Salt                       :   two teaspoon

Timur                    :  20 piece

Aanis seeds            : two teaspoon

fenugreek seeds     : two teaspoon

Parsley seeds         : two teaspoon

Lemon juice           : five lemon or half cup juice.

How to convert these ingredients into a pickle ? 

• Roast anish seeds, parsley seeds and fenugreek seeds. 
• keep it aside to cool it down.
• When it cools down then make its powder.
• Peel garlic. If its too big [Chinese garlic] then slice it into two piece.
• Grind Timur with salt. 
• Please remember to remove the timur seeds before you grind it. 
• Mix all the ingredients into a glass bottle where you have half cup Lemon juice.
• Then shake it well before you put garlic on it.
• Keep it under sun for about 15 days before you eat it.

Now, your pickle will be ready in a months time.

Hot and Sour Garlic

Garlic is one of the most important condiment in our daily life. No wonder, its a part of our daily food be it curry or pickle. This one condiment is also very good  for our health benefits. Garlic seems to bear with it loads of health benefits which is going to keep us healthy all the way. However, we all know that this is too hot and it has very strong scent almost makes it so unbearable at times but now we have found the solution to this fact also. 

Ingredients : 

Garlic                      : 500 grams

Salt                         :  two teaspoon
Green chili              :  50 grams

Timur                      :  20 piece

Anise seeds              : one teaspoon

Fenugreek seeds      : one teaspoon

Parsley seeds           : one teaspoon

lemon juice             : half bowl juice.

How to convert these ingredients into a pickle ? 

• Separate garlic and peel it and then clean it. 
• Make a small cut on each garlic, so that it will soak the juice in it.
• Dry fry anise seeds, fenugreek seeds and parsley seeds in a heavy gaze pan on medium heat.
• After that make the powder of these mixed seeds.
• Clean green chili and then make two long slice out of each chili.
• Grind Timur with salt to make its coarse powder.
• Take a big bowl and put garlic, chili, salt, Timur  powder, and then mixed powder of anise seeds, fenugreek and parsley seeds.
• Take one bottle and the put  he mixtures in a bottle [or in a plastic jar]. 
• After that pour the lemon juice from the top so that when it trickles down it will soak the garlic.  
• Now put the bottle in a cool and dry place for a little more than a month before you consume it

Now, your pickle will be ready in  about a months time !

Crushed Garlic Pickle

There are still people who do not have good thought about the bottled pickle as they think its not good for our throat compared to the fresh one. I too was one of them at one time of life, however now I do not think bottled pickles are not good for health or throat. Knowing I need to eat garlic pickle regularly, a friend of mine gave me one of her recipe which is one of the fasted way to make it. 

Ingredients :

Garlic                              :  8 - 10 cloves
Red dry chili                    :  Two
Salt                                 :  As per taste
Mustard oil                      :  Two teaspoon



How to convert these ingredients into a pickle ? 

• Separate and peel garlic and clean it.
• Roast the dry red chili in a heavy pan without oil. 
• Crush garlic using fork meaning it should not be fine paste.
• Make the powder of the dry red chili and put about half tea spoon of it in the crushed garlic.
• Add salt.
• Add some oil from the top.
• Mix it well.

Now, your pickle is ready.

Anita Maharjan is a housewife and mother of two boys. She belongs to Patan area which population is dominated by Newars. Kathmandu is the valley where Newars have gained the reputation as those who are food connoisseur and they love to tease food at its best so that it will delight your taste bud.

Garlic and Ginger Pickle

Its so common people get cold and caught during winter season and there are people who are so sensitive towards the change of weather and some are over sensitive when its cold month.  I did not know it but there are plenty of people who have been using garlic and ginger to fight back cold during cold month. I mean to say garlic and ginger's pickle during cold month to keep the cold at bay. In Taiwan they drink garlic soup and in US they eat chicken soup but here we eat garlic and ginger pickles to fight back cold.

We all know, garlic and ginger is one of the most important condiments when we make curry. No wonder, its a part of our daily life. These two condiments are also very good herbs for our health benefits. 

Ingredients :

Ginger                                               :    500 grams

Garlic                                                :    500 grams

green chili                                         :     50 grams

Annis seeds                                        :    2 teaspoon

Fenugreek seeds                                :    2 teaspoon

Parsley seeds                                     :    2 teaspoon

Cumin powder                                    :    2 teaspoon

Salt [mix of white and black ]             :    as per the taste

Lemon juice                                       :    half cup
timur                                                 :    one teaspoon

Mustard Oil                                        :    half cup

How to convert these ingredients into a pickle ? 

• Clean ginger and chop in it bit long size
• Separate garlic and peel it and then clean it.
• Dry fry annis seeds, fenugreek seeds and parsley seeds in a heavy pan.
• After thatmake the powder of these mixed seeds.
• Clean green chili and then make four long slice out of each chili.
• grind timur with salt to make its coarse powder.
• Now take a big bowl and put ginger, garlic, chili, salt, timur, cumin powder, and then mixed powder of annis, fenugreek and parsley seeds.
• Put one handful of mustard oil also and then mix all the ingredients.
• take a bottle and the put the oil in it and roll the bottle so that the oil will cover on each part of it. make sure all part of the bottle is properly covered by the oil before you put  the mixture in a bottle [or a plastic jar]. 
• After that pour the lemon juice from the top so that when it trickles down it will soak the garlic and ginger mixture througly.
• Now put the bottle in a cool and dry place for month or under sun for about 15 days to mature it.

Now your pickle is ready !

Note :

1. Some keep chopped garlic and ginger along with chili   under sun for about two days before they make its pickle. these are just the method and which method you go for choice is entirely yours.

Garlic Pickle

I was needed to eat garlic due to health reasons. Its not that I do not like it as it really makes it a lot easier to finish my meal without much fuss; I mean even when the curry is not something my taste bud likes.  But, what I found is, it is bit more hot and that strong scent of it was keeping me within the home bound even after hours of eating it. I have read in one of the healthy food site that garlic is good for cold and flu, skin and hair, blood purifier, cancer, blood pressure and heart problems. High blood pressure being my problem at this time I decided to eat it on regular basis without a trouble.

Here is what i found out and I love its pickle. to make its pickle you need the following ingredients :

Ingredients

Garlic : 200 grams or about ten whole garlic

Cherry chili : 8 - 10 round chili fresh

Salt : half teaspoon

Lemon juice : One cup

Timur powder : One fourth of the tea spoon

How to convert all these ingredients into a pickle ?

• Separate all the garlic and peel it.
• Grind chili and timur also if you have whole fruit of it.
• put the half cup of lemon juice in one clean and dry glass bottle. Then put salt chili paste and Timur powder also in it.
• Shake the bottle to mix everything in it.
• Make a small incision in each garlic before you drop it in the bottle one one by one.
• now you have to keep the bottle in cool and dry place for about a week
• After a week your pickle will be ready.

Note :

1. You can consume it after two days or two weeks choice is yours.
2. The garlic will turn blue in less than week. But its not the bad kind of blue color you should be worry about your health before you eat it.  

Garlic Pickle

Garlic is very commonly grown here in Nepal. So, no wonder if it is used as one of the most important condiments when it comes to preparing our vegetables and pickles.

It is used in our foods due its many health beneficial reasons also not just the strong scent or flavor it bring in our food. Ours is a pickle site however, we give you some health benefits related to the condiments, spices, fruit or vegetables we make pickles, soon. Now lets talk about garlic pickle.

Ingredients :

Garlic : 8 pods

Red chili : 4 dry

Fenugreek seeds : half tea spoon

Sesame oil : One cup

Salt : ½ teaspoon

Lemon : 4 medium size 

How to convert all these ingredients into pickle ?

• Peel all the garlic cloves.
• Dry them under sun.
• Take a small glass bottle of 500 gram capacity.
• Squeeze all the lemon juice in the bottle.
• Add salt and garlic in it and with lid on.
• Keep it aside for four days.
• After four days heat the oil and fry chili on it.
• Then grind the chili.
• Dry fry fenugreek seeds separately  and then make its powder.
• Now put chili and fenugreek seeds power into the glass bottle along with the oil.
• Shake the bottle properly and keep aside the pickle bottle in a cool and dry place of the kitchen.
• After four days you can use it as pickle

Now your pickle is ready.

Health benefits of Garlic

There are many sites which are dedicated to the health benefit of garlic. Taking a clove of garlic thins your blood and it's good for those who suffers from the blood pressure. Garlic is good for so many health issues. It's good for cold and flu, skin and hair, blood purifier, cancer, blood pressure and heart problems. According to the World’s Healthiest Food, "all types of health benefits from garlic described combine together to make this allium vegetable helpful in reducing our risk of numerous cardiovascular diseases. Including in this list are: heart attack (myocardial infarct), coronary artery disease (CAD), high blood pressure (hypertension), and atherosclerosis. In addition, it is worth noting that the everyday flexibility of our blood vessels has been shown to improve with intake of garlic."