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Gunda Pickle | Lasoda Pickle | Gumberry Pickle

Gunda pickle - a delicious spicy tangy seasonal gum berry pickle
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Course: accompaniment, Pickles/Achar, Side Dish, Travel Food
Cuisine: Gujarati Cuisine, North Indian Cuisine
Keyword: aam ka achar, amla pickle, gunda, gunda pickle, labheda, lasoda, nisoda, nisoda achar
Servings: 1 jar
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 500 gm Gunda
  • 1/3 cup Mustard Seeds / Rai *
  • 1/3 cup Fennel Seeds / Saunf
  • 3 tbsp Fenugreek Seeds / Methidana
  • 3 tbsp Red chili powder
  • 1 tbsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
  • 1/3 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • to taste Salt / Namak

For kanji

  • 1 lit Water / Paani
  • 1/3 cup Mustard Seeds / Rai * powder
  • 2 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
  • 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
  • 1 tsp Black Salt / Kala Namak
  • to taste Salt / Namak
  • pinch Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 2 Cup Cooking Oil

Instructions

  • Wash the gunda and remove them from the stems , try to keep the caps intact.
  • Boil enough water in a big pan and add 1 tsp turmeric in it.
  • Add the gundas in the boiling water and cook till almost done but don't overcook them.
  • Drain on a colander and let them cool down.
  • Boil 1 liter water in a pan and let it cool down or use mineral water.
  • Fill the water in a glass jar and add all the ingredients ;listed in kanji and mix well.
  • Add the boiled gunda in the jar and cover the jar with a cloth and keep on the kitchen counter. keep stirring the water twice a day.
  • The kanji will turn sour in a week approx. , it depends on the heat in the weather.
  • When the kanji turn sour and the glue inside the gunda will turn into white flesh then gunda pickle is ready to consume.
  • Now you have 2 options , if you want oil free pickle then keep this jar in the fridge and enjoy the kanji and the gundas.
  • OR-
    Remove the gundas from the kanji, you can keep the kanji in the fridge and enjoy this probiotic drink and Spread the gundas on a cloth and dry under fan for 3-4 hours.
  • Dry roast all the pickle spices- ie -mustard , fenugreek, fennel and then coarsly crush them .
  • Take the gundas in a bowl add few tbsp of oil and then mix the pickle masala and rest of the maslas and mix well.
  • Fill the pickle in a glass jar.
  • Heat 2 cups of mustard oil or any oil of your choice and then cool down it and then fill in the pickle jar.
  • Make sure that the oil should cover the gundas else the pickle may spoil.
  • Keep the jar in sunlight if possible for 3-4 days.
  • Your pickle is ready to enjoy.

Notes

Tip-
1-instead of roasting and grinding spices you can use 1.5 cup of ready available mango pickle masala.