Laal Mirch Ka Achar / Red Chili Pickle -Easy way
A very special ,delicious and tangy Fresh Red Chili Pickle- Specialty Of Uttar Pradesh
Ingredients
- 400 gms Fresh Red Chilies/taaza laal mirch
- 4 tbsp Mango Powder / Amchoor Powder
- 3 tbsp Mustard Seeds / Rai * powdered
- 2 tbsp Fenugreek Seeds / Methidana
- 2 tbsp Fennel Seeds / Saunf
- 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- 1 tsp Nigella Seeds / Kalonji
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
- 1/2 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
- 3 tsp Salt / Namak
- 1 tsp Black Salt / Kala Namak
- 1.5 cup Mustard Oil / Sarso ka tel
- 1 tbsp White Vinegar / Sirka optional
Instructions
- Wash and wipe the chilies and then chop into roundels.
- In a pan dry roast fenugreek, mustard, fennel,cumin and Nigella seeds till they start giving a nice aroma.
- Grind the roasted spices to make a coarse powder.
- Heat mustard oil till it start to smoke and then let it cool down a bit.
- Now add all the ground masala /roasted spice mix and the rest of the spicesand vinegar in the oil and mix well.
- When the oil cool down completely then add it in the chopped red chilies and mix well.
- Store in a glass jar and keep in sunlight for 4 days.
- Start using after a week.
- Serving- serve this pickle with poori ,paratha, khichdi, rice ,mathri etc.
Notes
Note-
Use of kalonji is optional ,you can use cumin instead