Instant Green Apple Pickle
Indian style pickle made with crispy and tart Green (Granny Smith) apples and seasoned with mustard, fenugreek and asafoetida.
Servings: 2 cups
Ingredients
- 2 medium granny smith apple
- 1-2 tsp red chili powder or to taste
- salt to taste
To make fine powder -
- 1.5 tsp mustard seeds
- ½ tsp fenugreek seeds
For tempering-
- 2 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 2 garlic pods, thinly sliced (optional)
- 2 sprig curry leaves
- 2 pinches asafoetida
Instructions
- Roast the fenugreek till pale brown. Remove to a mortar. Now roast the mustard seeds till the mustard starts popping. Add it to the same mortar as fenugreek and powder them.
- Wash the apple and pat fry. Remove the stem and the seeds and cut them thinly as you prefer and transfer it to a large bow
- In a small pan heat oil and add the mustard seeds. When the mustard pops, add the garlic slices ( optional) and curry leaves. Fry for 30 seconds. Add two pinches of asafoetida and turn off the stove.
- Add the tempering , mustard-fenugreek powder, red chili powder and salt to the granny smith apple.
- Mix all the ingredients and set a side for 30 minutes.After 30 minutes taste the pickle and adjust the salt and red chili powder. Set a side for another 30 minutes and the instant green apple pickle is ready to be served.
- Green Apple Pickle can be served with rice, dal, yogurt rice, upma, pongal, khichdi, and more.
Notes
- Garlic is optional in this recipe.
- Stays fresh for up to 3 days outside and 2 weeks in the refrigerator.