A pickle always adds to a dish, and makes up for the lack of flavour in any dish. Making pickles involves lot of effort and time and they are usually made seasonally. Instant Mixed Vegetable Pickle is one pickle recipe which is different to the regular pickles and can be whipped up instantly.
Course : Appetizer
Ingridients : 3 Mango (Raw) , diced into 1/2 centimetre cubes
100 grams Carrot (Gajjar) , diced into 1/2 centimetre cubes
100 grams Green beans (French Beans) , chopped similarly
3 inch Ginger , finely chopped
For the marinating paste
20 cloves Garlic
3 inch Ginger
1 tablespoon Whole Black Peppercorns
2 tablespoons Poppy seeds
50 grams Cashew nuts
Coriander (Dhania) Leaves , small bunch
Mint Leaves (Pudina) , small bunch
3 Lemons , juiced
20 Green Chillies
1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
Salt , to taste
Instructions To begin making the Instant Mixed Vegetable Pickle recipe, clean and dry all the vegetables on a kitchen towel.Chop them finely and tip them into a mixing bowl and add the juice of one lemon and a teaspoon of salt and mixed through the vegetables.In a small mixing jar, add the ingredients for the marinating paste and grind to a smooth paste in a grinder without adding any water.Mix this paste through the vegetables and let it sit for at least 2 hours before serving.It stays fresh for a week to a fortnight and needs to be kept in the fridge at all times.Serve Instant Mixed Vegetable Pickle with curd rice for a comforting week day meal.