Green Chilli Pickle | Chilli Pickle | Pickle Recipes
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Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 1 big jar
 
Spicy, mouth watering, homemade green chilli pickle
Ingredients
  • 200 Gm less spicy green chilli
  • ¼ Cup yellow mustard
  • 6-8 tsp of salt (sea salt preferably)
  • 1 lime + 1 lemon (50 ml)
  • 1 Tbsp vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp oil
  • 1 heaped Tsp fresh turmeric powder
Method
  1. Wash, wipe and dry the chillies
  2. Remove the tops and slice them into thick pieces
  3. In a mortar-pestle or dry mixie, take the yellow mustard seeds
  4. Pound them coarsely and keep aside
  5. In a clean sterilized glass bottle, add 1 Tsp of powdered sea salt at the base
  6. Next add ½ Tbsp of the ground mustard seeds
  7. Now drop in about 8-9 slices of chilli
  8. Repeat, add 1 more Tsp salt, ½ Tbsp pounded mustard and sliced green chillies
  9. Repeat until all chillies are all in the bottle
  10. Top with remaining salt and pounded mustard seeds
  11. Close this and wait for a week, place in bright sunny place by the window
  12. After a week, lightly mix with a wooden spoon, you can see that the salt has reacted with chillies and released lots of tasty juices
  13. Pour lime + lemon juice
  14. Also add vinegar and mix lightly with a wooden spoon
  15. Next add turmeric , mix and close the bottle
  16. Set aside for a further 1 week to 10 days. Keep checking the bottle from outside every day
  17. After a week or so, mix with wooden spoon lightly
  18. Warm oil and pour into pickle after it cools down
  19. Enjoy spicy, tangy green chilli pickle with paratha!
Notes
Remember to coarsely pound the mustard seeds if you are using a mixer

Use only lemon or only lime juice if you want, I like the flavour of both lime/lemon. Lime is sharper and lemon is more citrussy and rounder in flavour

Sea salt is preferred to make pickles as it tastes better and pickles last longer

Vinegar can be optional, it gives the tangy taste to the pickle

Do not forget to check the pickle and ensure to keep in bright place for the juices to start working

NOTE: Prep Time does not include pickling time
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/green-chilli-pickle/