Green Chili Pickles
Green Chilli Pickle or Hari Mirch ka Achar is a North Indian style pickle recipe where fresh green chilies are pickled with mustard seeds, lemon juice.
Ingredients:
Makes 1 Jar
- 2 cups green chillies,
- 5 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp fenugreek seeds
- 3 tsp salt
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1½ - 2 cups mustard oil
- 2 cloves garlic
How to make Green Chili Pickles:
- Wash the chilies and blanch them in hot water for 10 minutes, then drain.
- Grind mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds in a blender to make a coarse powder.
- Put the powdered seeds to a bowl, add salt, turmeric powder and ½ cup mustard oil and lemon juice.
- Add the chilies and mix well.
- Cover the bowl with a cotton cloth and leave for 2-3 days so that the excess water evaporates.
- On the third day, place the chilies in a glass jar.
- Heat the remaining mustard oil in a pan.
- Then pour the oil in the jar with the green chilies so they are all covered.
- Keep the jar in sunlight for 3-4 days before using.
- The pickle is now ready to use. Serve with rice dishes, parathas, rotis.
Tip:
- Best to use are medium green chilies, but you can aslo use red chilies, and small green ones to make this pickle.
- This pickle can be stored for 3 months in a cool and dry place.