Monday, July 29, 2013

Cauliflower Pickle

Ingredients Medium sized cauliflower head - 1
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
salt - to taste
Lemon juice - 2 -3 tblsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - 3-5 tsp
Asaefoetida - a pinch
oil - 5 tsp
Curry leaves - 2 string
Method
1.Chop the cauliflower finely.
2.Add salt, turmeric, chilli powder ,lemon juice and mix together with it.
3.In a kadai dry roast 1 spoon of cumin seeds,fenugreek seeds and 1 spoon of mustard seeds. Cool the mixture, grind it to make a fine power and add it to the cauliflower/ carrot mixture.
4.Heat oil in a pan, add the remaining mustard seeds. When it splatters, add remaining cumin seeds and curry leaves .
5.Add this to the cauliflower/ carrot mixture along with a pinch of asaefoetida. Let this soak for 24 hours before serving.
6.Pickle ready. Similarly you could make carrot pickle, cabbage pickle, bittergourd pickle, radish pickle, raw mango pickle, gooseberry pickle, ivygourd pickle, celery pickle, parsnip pickle etc.

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