RED WATER APPLE PICKLE

 

RED WATER APPLE PICKLE 

INGREDIENTS 

Red Water Apple - 5 cups

Chopped Green Chillies - 10

Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 2 Tbsp

Turmeric Powder - 1 Tsp

Red Chilli Powder - 2 Tbsp

Chopped Ginger - 2 Tbsp

Chopped Garlic - 2 Tbsp

Mustard Seeds - 1 1/2 Tbsp

Fenugreek Seeds - 1 Tbsp 

Coconut Oil - 1 1/2 cup

Vinegar - 1/4 cup

Salt - To Taste 

METHOD 

Clean and chop or slice red water apples

Add the red chilli powder to chopped water apples mix well and keep aside

Roast and powder mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds and powder

Heat oil in a pan and add in the oil

Once hot add in the chopped green chillies ginger and garlic

Saute for a few minutes 

Add in the chopped water apple

Saute and add the spice powders and salt to taste

Once the water apple becomes soft add the white vinegar mix well and remove pan from stove

Allow pickle to cool at room temperature 

Store in clean sterilized bottles

Notes :

Add spices to suit your palate 

The green chillies I used were not very spicy so I had to use more

Usually for pickles gingelly oil is used

I used coconut oil here as it tasted better

When refrigerated and used shelf life is longer