Hi friends!Welcome to easy and home style cooking.
I am Mrs Ragini, today I am going to share a pickle recipe.
This pickle recipe my mom came recently to my house and she shared this recipe with me
and she learnt from someone else and liked it.
This is made with Gooseberry/usirikaya.
She made it in front of me and I liked it very much.
It tasted so yummy.
Gooseberry is my all time favorite pickle.
I have taken nice big gooseberry wash it and wipe it so that there is no moisture to them
at all.
Take a steamer and steam these amla like how we steam the momos for 8 to 10 mnts.
After steaming the color changes, initially its green in color, after steaming the color
changes to yellow.
After steaming I have taken amla/gooseberry removed the seeds and cut them into pieces.
If you want cut small or big, usually I like it like this so I cut into small pieces.
Now this is ready.
This pickle name is steamed amla pickle.
usually to make the amla pickle the amla is deep fried and the pickle is made.
Instead of deep frying we are steaming it today.
Next process is we are going to put the tempering to the pickle.
For pickle you need to always add little oil and once the oil is hot we add mustard seeds,
cumin seeds, garlic fresh, slightly give a crush to them, we love it so I am adding them,
if you want you can skip it.
You can use around 1 whole garlic for 250 gms of amla.
The oil is hot add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, crushed garlic swtich off the flame.
Mix it, don't get the garlic to change the color, add 1 tsp of mustard powder, 2 tbsp
of salt, less than 1/2 tsp of methi powder and chilli powder.
3 to 4 tbsps of chilli powder or as per your spiciness.
Mix it well and we are going to rest it
till it completely cools down.
After resting the tempering mixture, now we add the steamed amla and mix and then we add
lime juice.
Initially all the oil is absorbed by the amla, but after resting it for 2 to 3 days you will
see the oil floating on top.
Its a suggestions that when ever pickles are made store in refrigerator and use in small
quantities.
Keeping the pickles in refrigerator keeps the pickle
color and increases the shelf life and freshness.
Add the lime juice and mix.
Initially you can add the spice ingredients lesser in quantity and you can always check
the taste and adjust the spices accordingly as per your taste.
After mixing well with all the ingredients transfer it into a jar and rest
it for 2 days for the flavors to come out.
Enjoy it after 2 days.