Bimbli Pickle

Bimbli Pickle

Ingredients

1 kg tender bimbli
125 gm chilli powder
250 gm powdered salt
2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 cup mustard seeds
1/4 cup fenugreek seeds
1/4 cup cumin seeds
1 cup vinegar ( used as preservative)
1/4 cup sugar
100 gm ginger, chopped
100 gm garlic, chopped
1/4 litre sesame oil

For seasoning the pickle

3 red chillies, broken into small pieces.
2 teaspoon curry leaves
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds

Method of preparation of the Pickle

1. Wash and wipe the bimbli. Make slits with a fork.

2. Roast the mustard fenugreek and the cumin seeds and grind them to a fine powder.

3. Mix the bimbli, chilli powder, salt, roasted powder, turmeric powder till they are well combined and leave it aside in an air tight sterile jar for a day.

4. Add vinegar to the pickle, mix the contents thoroughly and keep it in the sunlight for two days. Then add sugar and mix the pickle thoroughly.

5. Heat the oil and saute the seasoning ingredients. Cool and add to the pickle. Mix the contents thoroughly and store in an air tight sterile jar.

6. The pickle can be consumed immediatly and can be preserved for one year.

7. The pickle can be served with hot rice and with ghee spooned over it.