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Tangy Green Chili Pickle-Maharashtrian style

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Tangy Green Chili Pickle-  chilies cooked with Indian spices and lemon juice to make a delicious and tangy pickle

Since childhood I love pickles more then vegetables and always have some pickle with all my meals.But I avoid store brought pickles as they have a high sodium content,so I prefers to make my own pickles and stock different varieties of seasonal and yearly pickles and chutneys .

My favourite among all  pickles is green chili pickle, so makes many varieties of chili pickles. I learned this chili choori pickle from a Maharashtrian friend of mine,so today sharing her version of making Maharashtian  tangy green chili pickle.
The  lemon and chili pickle and this Maharashtrian chili pickle is my favourite ,and they are made in small quantity and used fresh,and the  stuffed green chili pickle is made for the yearly stock.

how to make green chili pickle
tangy green chili pickle
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Green Chili Pickle-Maharashtrian style

Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time30 mins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Maharashtrian Cuisine

Ingredients

  • 250 gms Green Chillies / Hari Mirch chopped
  • 2 tbsp Coriander seeds/ sabut dhaniya coarsely grounded
  • 1.5 tsp Mustard Seeds / Rai kuria
  • 1.5 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1.5 tbsp White Vinegar / Sirka
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
  • 2.5 tsp Salt / Namak

tempering/tadka

  • 3 tbsp Cooking Oil
  • 1 tsp Fenugreek Seeds / Methidana
  • 2 tsp Fennel Seeds / Saunf
  • 1/2 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder

Instructions

  • Wash and then wipe green chilies with a napkin.and then chop chilies into roundels.
  • Heat oil in a pan and add the tempering ingredients.
  • When seeds become golden then add chopped green chilies and saute them for few seconds.(don't over cook)
  • Now add 1 and 1/4 tsp salt and stir fry on high heat ,till all the extra moisture evaporates.
  • Remove the pan from the heat and let it come down to room temperature.
  • In a bowl and coarsely ground coriander seeds,rai kuria,1/2 tsp salt,turmeric ,vinegar and lemon juice and mix well.
  • Now add the chilies in the lemon juice mixture and mix properly.
  • Transfer the pickle in a sterilized glass jar .
  • Start using after a day so chili will absorb all the flavours,but can also use the same day.
  • Stays fresh for 3 month in the refrigerator.

Notes

NOTE-
1-*You may substitute fenugreek seeds with kalonji/nigella seeds if you like the flavour and taste of kalonji.
2-*Rai kuria /Rai ki daal- are mustard seeds with the skin removed and then split/cracked or roughly ground and are yellow in colour,but you can also use coarsely ground black mustard seeds instead of rai kuria.

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