Keyword: achar, chili, chili ginger pickle, Green chili pickle, oilfree chili pickle, pickle
Servings: 300gm
Calories: 2kcal
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi
Ingredients
250gmGreen Chilies/ Hari Mirch
4tbspGinger Slices/ Adrak
1/2cupLemon Juice
1.5tbspFennel Seeds/ Saunfcrushed
2tbspMustard Seeds/ RaiPonuded
1/2tspTurmeric/ Haldi
1.5tbspSalt
3tbspCooking oiloptional
Instructions
Wash and wipe green chilies well, then chop into roundels. or make thin slices as per your choice
Peel and make thin slices of the ginger.
Put them in a glass bottle or jar and add salt, turmeric and mustard powder(rai) and keep covered for 4 hours.
Then add lemon juice, oil and fennel seeds. Mix well.
Let it mature for 2 -3 days and then start consuming. (You may start using it immediately after making it, but the taste gets enhanced after 2-3 days).
Keep at room temperature for 1 week. Then keep refrigerated for 2-3 months (Keep mixing OR shaking the bottle every once a while).
you can also add fresh turmeric slices (kachi haldi/or amba haldi) into it along with ginger.
Notes
NOTE –1-Prefer to use milder green chilies/serrano peppers/Bhavnagri mirch, to make this pickle.2- If you’d like to make Stuffed Green Chilies/Masala Mirch, then you’ll like this recipe-Masala Mirch/Bharli Mircha 3-Addition of oil is optional but oil enhance the taste and also act as a preservation thus increase the shelf life of the pickle.