Garlic Carrot Pickle

Garlic Carrot Pickle - Vidya Pai

Ingredients:

1 cup Garlic cloves ( peeled)
2 Medium sized carrots ( cut into 1" long pieces)
1tbsp Vinegar
10-12 Whole dried red chillies
1tsp Coriander
1/2tsp Cummin/Jeera
7-8 Pepper corns
1tsp Mustard seeds
8-10 Methi seeds
1 Marble sized ball of tamarind
1/4 cup Mustard oil

Cooking Directions

Apply salt and vinegar to carrot pieces and leave it for 30 mins.

In the meantime half boil garlic in 1 cup of water,drain and let it dry completely.

Now roast all the ingredients separately till you get, nice aroma of the spices and turns light brown colour.

First finely powder the roasted chillies,coriander,cumin,tamarind and pepper.
Now add mustard and methi to the same chilly powder and powder coarsely and our pickle masala is ready .

Now heat oil in a pan and stir fry garlic for 20-30 seconds ( do not brown the garlic).

Add in ground pickle masala and switch off the gas.
Let it cool down completely .
Now mix the garlic mixture to the pickled carrots and mix it well.Our Pickle is ready.
You can have it fresh or keep it at least 4-5 hours before serving.
Keeps fresh for a couple of weeks or can be refrigerated for couple of months