Green Chilli Pickle | Chilli Pickle | Pickle Recipes
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: Indian
Prep time:
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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
Wash, wipe and dry the chillies
Remove the tops and slice them into thick pieces
In a mortar-pestle or dry mixie, take the yellow mustard seeds
Pound them coarsely and keep aside
In a clean sterilized glass bottle, add 1 Tsp of powdered sea salt at the base
Next add ½ Tbsp of the ground mustard seeds
Now drop in about 8-9 slices of chilli
Repeat, add 1 more Tsp salt, ½ Tbsp pounded mustard and sliced green chillies
Repeat until all chillies are all in the bottle
Top with remaining salt and pounded mustard seeds
Close this and wait for a week, place in bright sunny place by the window
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
Pour lime + lemon juice
Also add vinegar and mix lightly with a wooden spoon
Next add turmeric , mix and close the bottle
Set aside for a further 1 week to 10 days. Keep checking the bottle from outside every day
After a week or so, mix with wooden spoon lightly
Warm oil and pour into pickle after it cools down
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/