Instant Amla ( Gooseberry ) pickle & Amla Morabba

 It is the season to get fresh amlas in the market. Can't stop myself to purchase some. Prepared instant amla achar & morabba too! Both tastes yummy & healthy too ! Very simple & easy recipes!

Ingredients : For pickle
Amla pieces boiled & cut in small pieces :  1 cup ( about 6 amlas )
Vegetable oil :  4 tsp
Ready lemon pickle masala : 2 tsp
Sugar : 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder : 1 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/2 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp or as per taste
Mustard seeds : 3/4  tsp

Recipe :
1. In a pan add 1 cup of water & start boiling it.
2. Add wholes amlas & keep on boiling for about 10 min. or till amlas become soft.
3. Turn off the gas & let them cool. After cooling cut into small pieces.
4. In a pan add oil.  Add mustard seeds, hing & turmeric powder when oil becomes hot.
5. Add amla pieces, saute for a minute & turn off the gas.
6. Add masala, red chilli powder, salt & sugar. Mix well.
7. Yummy pickle is ready.
8. Let it cool & keep in glass container.

Ingredients : For morabba
Grated amla :  1 cup
Sugar : 1/2 cup
Jaggery : 1/2 cup
Cinnamon : 1 piece ( 1 inch )
Cloves : 2-3
Cardamom powder : 1/2 tsp

Recipe :
1. Add grated amla , sugar, & jaggery in a pan.
2. Turn on the gas.
3. Mixture will be watery as sugar & jaggery melts. Add cinnamon & cloves. Let the mixture become thick. Turn of the gas. Add cardamom powder. Mix well & it is ready.
4. Let it cool & keep in glass container.

Enjoy both with phulka, bread or rice.

Pl note these recipes will not last long. Keep in fridge upto10 days.

Instant Lemon & black raisins sweet n sour pickle ( lonche )

Tasty sweet n sour pickle !!

Ingredients :
 Lemons cut into 8 pieces :  1 cup ( about 6 lemons )
Black raisins : 1/3 cup
Sugar : 1/2 cup or little more as per your taste
Red chilli powder : 1 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Roasted & coarsely powdered cumin seeds : 1/2 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp or as per taste
Water : 2-3 tsp

Recipe :
1. Cut the lemons, deseed &  make 8 pieces of each lemon.
2. Mix lemon pieces, sugar & salt in a stainless steel vessel. Add 2-3 tsp water.
3. Mix well & pressure cook the mixture upto 3-4 whistles.
4. When pressure cooker cools down take off the vessel. Mixture becomes watery as sugar & salt dissolve.
5. Transfer the mixture in a heavy bottom pan. Add raisins. Mix well & Turn on the gas.
6. Let it cook for about 5 minutes.
7. Add red chilli powder & cumin powder. Taste the pickle & add sugar or salt if required.
8. Turn off the gas.
9. Mix properly . Let it cool & keep in glass container.

Enjoy this tasty sweet, hot & sour pickle with paratha or phulka,dahi bhat or anything.

Pl note this pickle does not last long. Keep in fridge upto10 days.

Stuffed mirchi ( chilli )

Tasty & spicy stuffed mirchi !!

Ingredients :
Raw green mirchya ( chillis ) : 7
Oil : 2 tbsp

For stuffing :
Besan : 1/2 cup
Finely chopped onion : 1/4 cup
Garlic paste : 1 tsp
ginger paste : 1/2 tsp
Chopped coriander : 3 tsp
Red chilli powder : 3 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp
Hing : 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/2 tsp
Amchur powder : 1/2 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp or as per taste
Sugar : 1/2 tsp
Oil : 3 tsp
Water : 2 tsp

Recipe :
1. Wash the chillies & give a cut in the middle of green chilli. Keep aside.
2. Heat oil in heavy bottom pan.
3. Add cumin seeds, hing & turmeric powder.
4. Add garlic, ginger paste, chilli powder. Saute for a minute.
5. Add onion,salt & sugar. Mix well till onion becomes little soft.
6. Add besan & amchur.
7. Mix well. Sprinkle water & again mix thoroughly.
8. Let the stuffing cool down..
9. Fill all the chillies with this tasty stuffing.
10. Add 2 tsp oil in a heavy bottom pan. Turn on the gas & place stuffed chillies in the oil when it becomes hot. Cook on very slow flame by covering the pan. It will take 5 to 10 min. only.
10.Enjoy this mouth watering stuffed chillies with phulka or rice.

Fresh raw haladi ( oli halad ), Amba halad & Ginger pickle

 Healthy winter special pickle!!!

Ingredients :
Grated Raw fresh Haladi ( oli halad ) : 1 cup
Grared Amba Halad (white Turmeric or Mango ginger ) : 1/2 cup
Grated ginger : 1/4 cup
Coarsely ground Green chilli : 2 tsp
Red chilli powder : 2 tsp
Fenugreek powder : 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice : 1/4 cup ( 2 big lemons )
Vegetable oil : 4 tsp
Mustard seeds : 1/4 tsp
Yellow mustard dal : 1 tsp
Hing : 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp or as per taste

Recipe :
1. Mix grated raw haldi, amba haldi, ginger & Green chilli.
2. Add salt, yellow mustard, fenugreek powder  & red chilli powder. Mix well & Keep aside.
3. Heat oil in tadka pan. Add mustard seeds.
4. When mustard seeds crackle add turmeric powder & hing. Turn off the gas.
5. Let it cool completely.
6. When tadka cools down add it to above mixture. Add lemon juice.
8. Mix well.
9. Store in a airtight glass container.
10.Enjoy this mouth watering pickle with phulka or rice.

Keep the pickle in refrigerator as it does not last long.

Kairiche Lonache

Ingredients :
Raw green mango ( kairi) : 1 cup
Yellow mustard seeds used for pickle :  2 tsp
( broken yellow mustard seeds available in market)
Fenugreek (Methi )seeds : 1/8 tsp
Red chilli powder : 3 tsp
Mustard seeds : 1/4 tsp
Hing : 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp or as per taste
Oil : 3 tsp

Recipe :
1. Cut raw mango into small pieces.
2. Heat oil in heavy bottom vessel or kadhai.
3. Add mustard seeds.
4. When mustard seeds crackle add fenugreek seeds, turmeric powder & hing.
5. Add red chilli powder & salt.
6. Saute for 1 minute & add raw mango pieces in the masala.
7. Turn off the gas.
8. Let the pickle cool down..
9. Store in a airtight glass container.
10.Enjoy this mouth watering pickle with phulka or rice.

Keep the pickle in refrigerator as it does not last long.