instant carrot pickle recipe

Hi everyone ,

gajar ka achar is a great condiment served with the meal. traditionally, pickles are prepared by vegetables or fruits which are than marinated with salt water and indian spices. however, gajar ka achar is an instant version of indian pickle prepared with thinly sliced carrots.

Ingredients

• 3 carrot, thickly sliced (approx. 1½ cups chopped carrot)
• 5 tbsp oil
• 2 inches ginger, thinly sliced
• ¾ tsp mustard seeds / rai
• 1 dried red chilli
• ¼ tsp hing / asafoetida
• 10 curry leaves
• 2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder, add more if you prefer spicy
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp mustard seeds, powdered
• ¼ tsp methi / fenugreek seeds, dry roasted and powdered
• 1 tbsp salt, adjust to your taste
• 1 tsp white vinegar
• 2 lemon juice

Instructions

1. firstly, in a large pan add 2 tbsp of oil and to that add ginger juliennes (thick pieces of ginger).
2. furthermore, add chopped carrot and saute.
3. saute on medium flame for 1 minute. keep them aside.
4. next to the same oil, add 3 more tbsp of oil.
5. once the oil is sufficiently hot, add mustard seeds, red chilli, hing and curry leaves. saute till the mustard seeds splutter.
6. furthermore, add 2 tsp of chilli powder, turmeric powder, mustard powder, fenugreek powder and salt. to prepare fenugreek powder and mustard powder, dry roast then powder them.
7. give a good mix and switch off the flame.
8. now add fried carrot and ginger.
9. additionally, add a tsp of vinegar.
10. also add juice of 2 lemons.
11. then give a good mix. once the pickle is cooled completely transfer to a glass jar. and clean the sides with the help of tissue paper.
12. finally, serve pickle immediately or store in a airtight container.