GREEN CHILLI PICKLE

Ingredients:

1  cup Green chilies pieces

¼ cup Salt

1/3 cup yellow Mustard Seeds dal

1 tsp Turmeric Powder

2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

10 Fenugreek Seeds (optional)

Seasoning:

 ¼ cup Oil

 ½ tsp Mustard Seeds

Method:

1.Wash green chillies , dry, break off their stems then cut them into small pieces about 2 inch after wiping with a clean cloth. Keep the pieces of chilly in a bowl, put salt, turmeric powder and mix properly.

2. Cover the bowl and leave aside for the half to 1 hour. Stir the chillies up and down with a   spoon

3 Heat oil in a small  saucepan. Deep fry Fenugreek seeds (take care it should not burn). make a coarse powder of fenugreek and mustard dal in mixer. Add crushed Fenugreek seeds  mustard dal powder to Green Chilies and mix well.

4 heat same oil  to smoking point.once oil is hot switch off gas and remove saucepan from fire .after 5 minutes add mustard seeds.  let it cool down at room temperature.

5 Once the tadka/seasoning is cool, pour it on Green chilies mixture. now add fresh lemon juice and mix well.

6 . Transfer pickle to airtight clean and dry container and cover it with lid. Keep it  outside in your kitchen for at least 2-3 days . Stir the pickle(up and down) twice everyday with a dry and clean spoon.

7. Mouth watering  Green Chilly Pickle will be ready in the next 3-4 days .you can keep it in fridge after 3-4 days

Tips

1.Rai kuria - are mustard seeds with the skin removed and then split or roughly ground and are yellow in colour. if you dont have rai ki dal

 you can also use coarsely ground black mustard seeds instead of rai kuria.