Irrespective of ages achar or pickle is a mouth- watering preparation. Having it with roti or parathas is always overwhelming. So try the following pickle preparation & have some tasty fun.

Ingredients:

• Gingelly oil- 500 ml
• Garlic- 1 kg
• Salt powder- 100 gm.
• Lime fruits-30
• Chilli powder- 100 gm.
• Mustard- 10 gm.
• Asafoetida- 10 gm.
• Turmeric powder- 10 gm
• Coriander seeds- 30 gm
• Jiggery powder- 100 gm
• Cumin- 10 gm
• Fenugreek- 10 gm

Direction:

• Take a frying pan & dry roast the fenugreek along with asafoetida, coriander seeds & cumin, until it turns golden brown in colour.
• Now use the blender to mix all the roasted spices well.
• Chop the lime fruits & squeeze well to extract the juice.
• Filter the juice & keep it separately.
• To escape the bitter taste you can pour a pinch of salt into it.
• Take a kadai / Chinese wok & heat the gingelly oil over the medium flame.
• Now pour the mustard. When it begins to crackle add the garlic (skin removed).
• Pour the lime juice when it is ¼ th cooked.
• Allow the garlic to cook a little bit more & then pour the salt along with masala powder, turmeric powder & chilli powder.
• Let all the ingredients cook well (3/4) & pour the jiggery.
• Hold it over the flame for almost 7-10 minutes.
• Take it off from the oven & let it cool down completely.
• Now transfer it into a clean bottle.