Plain Gooseberry Pickle

Plain Gooseberry Pickle

Ingredients

1 kg gooseberry
250 gm powdered salt
125 gm chilli powder
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 litre sesame oil

For Seasoning the Pickle

1 teaspoon seeds
1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
1 teaspoon asafoetida

Method of Preparation of the Pickle

1. Wash, wipe dry and remove the seeds from the gooseberries.

2. Make slits in the gooseberries with the fork.

3. Mix the gooseberries, salt, chilli powder, turmeric powder in a dry vessel till well combined.

4. Heat oil and saute the seasoning ingredients. Cool and pour over the gooseberry mixture. Mix the contents thoroughly and store it in an air tight sterile jar.

5. Stir the contents after three days with a dry spoon.

6. The pickle can be consumed after seven days from the day of preparation.

7. It is not necessary to add any preservative nor it is essential to keep the pickle in the sunlight and can be preserved upto a period of one year.

8. It is served with hot rice with ghee or oil spooned over it.