Pickles (Achar) are most commonly eaten with every meal in India. There are various type of pickles made depending on the regions. Pickles brings taste to other main course dishes in meal.
Pickles are of different kinds made of Mango (Aam), Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Gajar (Carrot), Pyaas (Onion), Karvanda (Sour fruit grow in Indian suburbs), Gunda (Also sour type of tasting fruit)etc. If pickles are made in traditional way you can preserve it for longer time for maximum one year.
Pickles are mainly sweet, sour, spicy, and sweet & sour taste.
Here I am giving the recipe for spicy onion pickle
Ingredients required to make onion pickle is
- 1/2 Kg button Onions (Pyaj) (very small onions)
- 2 cups white Vinegar (Sirka)
- 1 stick Cinnamon (Dalchini)
- 4 Cloves (Lavang)
- 16 Peppercorns
- 16 green chillies, slit in the middle
- 1/3 cup Salt (Namak)
Step by step method to prepare onion pickle is as follows
- Peel the onions, rub salt on them and keep for one day.
- Drain the salt water.
- Boil the vinegar with spices and in it cook onions and green chilli to boiling.
- Cool and put in ajar; cork it tightly.
- Keep for 4 days before using.
Time taken: 30min
Sufficient for 15 days in small quantity
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