Instant Gooseberry Pickle Recipe with step by step pictures. Nellikai pickle which is spicy and taste delicious with curd rice.
Instant Gooseberry Pickle Recipe
I love making pickles, because they transform any simple meal into a tasty one. Whenever I don't have time to make lunch, i used to have a pile of rice, curd and pickles. YUM YUM.
Ingredients for Gooseberry Pickle
- Gooseberry - 10 large
Gingelly Oil - 3 tblspn - Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ¼ tsp
- Curry leaves - 2 sprig
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - ½ tsp
- Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
- Fenugreek Seed Powder - ¼ tsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1 tsp
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How to Make Gooseberry Pickle
- Wash gooseberry really well. Steam it for 10 mins till it is cooked, Now cool it down and separate the segments.
- Now in a pan, heat oil, add in mustard seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves and let them sizzle.
- Add in turmeric powder and chilli powder and mix well.
- Add in gooseberry and mix well.
- Season in salt and sugar and fenugreek seed powder. Mix well.
- Cool it down. Store it in an air tight container in fridge. It will stay good for a month.
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Instant Gooseberry Pickle Recipe | Nellikai Oorugai Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 Gooseberry
- 3 tbsp Gingelly Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- ¼ tsp Asafoetida
- 2 sprig Curry leaves
- ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tbsp Chilli Powder
- ¼ tsp Fenugreek Seed Powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Sugar
Instructions
- Wash gooseberry really well. Steam it for 10 mins till it is cooked, Now cool it down and separate the segments.
- Now in a pan, heat oil, add in mustard seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves and let them sizzle.
- Add in turmeric powder and chilli powder and mix well.
- Add in gooseberry and mix well.
- Add in salt and sugar and fenugreek seed powder. Mix well.
- Cool it down. Store it in an air tight container in fridge. It will stay good for a month.
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Instant Gooseberry Pickle Recipe with step by step pictures
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Shaheen
Hi arthi I am dying to prepare it .
pls tell me what is gingelli oil or we can use regular oil .
Aarthi
@Shaheengingelly oil is indian sesame oil. u can use normal oil if you dont have that
Anonymous
thanks for sharing the wonderful recipe.i am soon going to try it
Bindu
Thanks for this simple amla pickle recipe. And too in small quantity. Came out really well 😊👍
Sai Kiran
The tasteful pickle makes your taste buds satisfy and the tasteful amla pickle will make your health balance in certain points