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Mangoes,Green Chillies and Lime's Pickle AKA ACHAR

2/25/2021

 

Mangoes,Green Chillies and Lime's Pickle AKA ACHAR

Keep or discard seeds depending how spicy you want your pickle to be. More seed spicier it will be
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Ingredients
12 Raw Green Mangoes
12 Green Chili Peppers
6 Lemon or limes
2-3 cups of Mustard Oil
 Seasoning Mixture
  1. 2 TBS Salt
  2. 2 TBS Red Mustard Seed
  3. 2 TBS Fenugreek seeds 
  4. 2 TBS Yellow Mustard seeds
  5. 2 TBS Ajwain
  6. 1 TBS Salt
  7. 2 TBS Black Seed
  8. 1 TBS Red Chili Powder
  9. ​2 TBS Fennel Seeds -
  10. 2 TBS Turmeric powder 
How to Make it
Day 1. Wash and completely dry all the vegetables
Day 2:
  • Cut all the vegetables, Un seed Mangoes and chilies (Optional)
  • Pour 2 TBS Salt and Mix well.
  • Place the vegetables in the sun for a day or 2
Day 3:
  • Keep vegetables in the sun for another Day. Note: vegetables should have started getting little dry
Day 4.
Prepare the Spice Mixture
  • Slightly roast  ingredients 1-4 in a shallow pan over the stove on medium heat. 
  • Let it cool and them grind them on a motar or use coffee grinder. Make sure they dont turn in powder form they should be corse in texture.
  • Add roasted seasonings and ingredients 5-10 to the veggies
  • Mix well everything well. If you want you can open chilie slits and fill them with the  seasoning mixture
  • Heat oil in a pan for 5 minutes on medium heat. DO not let oil burn.
  • set aside to cool
  • Now add oil to the pickle mixture and mix well
Day5:
  • Keep it in the sun
Day 6:
  • Keep in the sun
Day 7:
  • Keep in the sun.
  • Transfer pickle to the air tight container .As far all the veggies are dipped inside the oil, pickle is safe at room temp for a year long. If mustard oil is not enough to cover the vegetables them keep it refrigerated
***Enjoy with any meal but Punjabi Daal (Legumes) and Plain white rice makes the best combination.
Yes now you can tell I am addicted to Acahr making. I substitute limes to lemon and added carrots. I also sliced the green chillies instead of using whole. Little variations but ingredients and method stayed the same.

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    Chicken Corn Soup

    Chicken Soup

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    Ingredients
    1. Chicken Broth 6 Cups ( use 4 leg and thigh pieces and 1/2 chicken breast)
    2. Shredded Chicken 2 cups (strain from above)
    3. Garlic/ginger paste 1 Tbsp.
    4. Sesame oil 2 Tbsp.
    5. Salt 1.5 Tbsp.
    6. White or black pepper 1 Tbsp.
    7. White Vinegar 3 Tbsp.
    8. Soy sauce 1Tbsp. + more for garnish
    9. Corn starch 2 Tbsp.
    10. Egg whites 2
    11. Frozen corn 1 cup
    12. 4 Finely chopped Spring onions for garnish
    • Chopped Cilantro for garnish

    Method:
    • Sauté chicken in oil at medium heat with ginger garlic paste until color changes slightly (don’t let it get brown).
    • Add salt, pepper, vinegar and Soy sauce
    • Add 6 cups of water and boil until 4 cups remain . Use fork to ensure pieces are cooked through and no trace of blood remains.
    • Remove chicken from broth and shred. Set aside and discard bones.
    • In another pan saute corn in 1 Tbsp. of oil.
    • Add shredded chicken and mix well.
    • Pour chicken broth and allow it to boil.
    • Slowly stir in beaten egg whites, continuously stirring.
    • Mix cornstarch in equal amount of water to make a paste. Slowly add the paste to the soup, continuously stirring.
    • Allow the soup to cook until it reaches the desired thickness.
    • Add spring onions towards the end.
    • Garnish with cilantro. Serve hot with crackers, hot sauce ,soy sauce and white vinegar.
    Enjoy!

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