Recipes
Sweet&Sour Lemon Pickle
Sweet and sour,spicy and pungent these are the burst of flavours come on your taste buds when you have first bite of this heavenly delicious pickle. Yes, i am talking about" Lemon Pickle". According to an old adage"When life gives you lemon you make lemonade", its right..isnt it? No.. its wrong the new adage is"When life gives you Lemon you make pickle out of it".Now that's sounds like a real deal in an Indian household. The Lemon pickle is essentially prepared in winter in India. For pickle most of the time thin skinned Lemon(KAGJI NEEBU) is used. This winter luckily I got those special thin skinned lemon in States itself and I got them in bulk from one of my dear friend. I distributed in all my other friends and still I was left with considerable amount. Then I thought of pickling the lemon first time in my life. I called my Mom back home, asked the recipe. Followed the traditional one with little bit of twist and viola! it turned out scrumptiously delicious Pickle. Benefit of using these thin skinned Lemon is, it gets ready little early but if you don't find thin skinned lemon you can always use the other varieties. The only thing it takes little bit longer to get ready.
Jack-Fruit Pickle
Jack-Fruit’s pickle is one the most delicious pickle in North-Indian cuisine. It has very subtle flavor which makes it distinctive from other. For the pickle young /raw jackfruit is chosen and then chopped (in bite size pieces) followed by boiling and drying and mixed with some aromatic spices.Here, I am following one of my mom’s recipes which I used to relish a most during my childhood. In every summer, it was kind of ritual in my home to pickle some of the vegetable and “Jack-Fruit” was one of them. One of our distance Grand-Mom who was connoisseur in pickling any vegetable successfully. She would come to my home and would guide my mom for the same.After it would get ready to eat I still remember we used to eat it every time whether it was breakfast or lunch or dinner or even with plain rice.Though if it is taken care well can last for almost 3-4 months.The taste of this pickle is so scrumptiously delicious that you end-up finishing it in just few weeks to just a month.
Punjabi Mango Pickle
Mango pickle is the most relished pickle in India.In other words we can say that it is the king of all the pickles.It is prepared in Summer and each and every household takes pride to make it.I still remember my childhood days when i would take my lunch with this pickle only.Every region has its different style of making.This recipe is my Mom's recipe.Its authentic and very homey which you always want to have in Lunch or Dinner. In this recipe all the spices marry together and their distinctive aroma does all the wonder when you bite the ripened piece of pickle it's so succulent and full of flavor of Fennel,Fenugreek,Cumin,Kalonji.
Stuffed Red pepper pickle Red Pepper pickle is very famous in Rajasthan and in North Indian house-holds. It’s commonly used as accompaniment to the main dish. It is prepared by slitting the pepper lengthwise and stuff it with mixture of aromatic masalas/spices. Merged in mustard oil, it develops more flavor. It gets ready in 4-6 days and can be relished with any meal. Just add this pickle to your meal and feel the sour and spicy taste in your journey of gastronomical pleasure.