Рецепт Dates Pickle
Even though we don’t eat pickle on a daily basis I love to make and store pickles. I always have a stock of dates pickle and Lime pickle in my pantry. Dates pickle goes very well with Biriyani and also with Aloo Parathas.
Dates Pickle
Ingredients:
- Dates –1/2kg
- Green chillies-15, cut into thin rounds
- Garlic – 3 pods, minced
- Ginger –2 tbsp, minced
- Turmeric powder-1tsp
- Chilly powder-4 tbsp
- Fenugreek powder / Uluva podi-1 tsp
- Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves – 2-3 sprigs
- Gingelly Oil / Sesame Oil / Nallenna – ¾ to 1 cup
- Asafoetida / Kayam - 1/2 tsp
- Salt - As needed
- White vinegar-2 cups
- Sugar – 1 tsp
Method:
Deseed the dates and cut into small pieces.
Heat ½ cup oil in a pan and fry chopped dates and keep aside.
Add some more oil in the same pan and sauté green chillies, ginger, garlic and curry leaves and keep aside.
Now add mustard seed to the remaining oil and when it splutters, add turmeric powder, chilly powder and fenugreek powder and sauté on low flame.
To this add fried dates and ginger, garlic and chillies and mix well.
Add sugar, salt and vinegar and bring it to a nice boil on medium flame.
Turn off the flame and allow the pickle to cool down.
Store in clean dry bottles.
Note: For longer life of pickles never add water in pickle, always use vinegar instead of water. Use clean and dry bottles to store pickle and always use dry spoons.