Garlic - carrot pickle

Here is the easiest way to make pickles.It is much faster than the old method your grandmother used to with the tons of pickling salt and de-scumming the brine! This method is so easy,anyone one can do this!

Ingredients

• 1 cup Garlic cloves ( peeled)
• 2 Medium sized carrots ( cut into 1" long pieces)
• 1tbsp Vinegar
• 10-12 Whole dried red chillies
• 1tsp Coriander
• 1/2tsp Cummin/Jeera
• 7-8 Pepper corns
• 1tsp Mustard seeds
• 8-10 Methi seeds
• 1 Marble sized ball of tamarind
• 1/4 cup Mustard oil

Cooking Directions

• Apply salt and vinegar to carrot pieces and leave it for 30 mins.

• In the meantime half boil garlic in 1 cup of water,drain and let it dry completely.

• Now roast all the ingredients separately till you get, nice aroma of the spices and turns light brown colour.

• First finely powder the roasted chillies,coriander,cumin,tamarind and pepper.
• Now add mustard and methi to the same chilly powder and powder coarsely and our pickle masala is ready .

• Now heat oil in a pan and stir fry garlic for 20-30 seconds ( do not brown the garlic).

• Add in ground pickle masala and switch off the gas.
• Let it cool down completely .
• Now mix the garlic mixture to the pickled carrots and mix it well.Our Pickle is ready.
• You can have it fresh or keep it at least 4-5 hours before serving.
• Keeps fresh for a couple of weeks or can be refrigerated for couple of months