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Apple Pickle

Ingredients 

  • Cooking Apple or Green Apple - 500 gms:
  • Garlic - 2 pods (cleaned)
  • Ginger - 3 tbsp (sliced)
  • Red Chilli Powder - 3 tbsp
  • Fenugreek Powder  - 1/2 tsp
  • Asafoetida / Hing - 1/4 tsp
  • Sunflower Oil - 5 tbsp
  • Mustard - 1/2 tsp
  • Salt - as required
  • Curry Leaves - as required
  • Vinegar - 1 cup

Preparation Method

  1. Wash, clean and pat dry the apples. Make sure that there is no traces of water on the apples.
  2. Remove the stem and seeds of the apple and slice into bite size pieces (Do not chop the apple finely. It will become mushy and shrink after 2 days of making pickle).
  3. In a wok bring oil to heat and splutter mustard seeds.
  4. Add chopped ginger, garlic and curry leaves and sauté till the garlic starts to change the color.
  5. Keep the flame in low and add chilli powder, fenugreek powder and asafoetida; mix well.
  6. Add vinegar and salt and bring to boil.
  7. Add apple slices, mix well so that that the gravy is coated well on the apple slices.
  8. Adjust the salt and turn off the flame.
  9. Allow the pickle to cool down completely before transferring to an air tight glass bowl.
  10. The crunchy and spicy Apple Pickle is ready to serve as a side dish for rice or biriyani.


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