Ginger is not only beneficial for health in winter but it can also be used to enhance the taste of food. Ginger strengthens the immune system, improves digestion and provides relief from joint pain and swelling. Apart from tea and vegetables, its sweet and sour pickle also tastes amazing. Come, let us know the easy recipe of making delicious ginger pickle.
Ingredients required to make ginger pickle
- Ginger: 100 grams (wash, peel and cut)
- Tamarind: 100 grams (soak in lukewarm water and remove pulp)
- Garlic: 10-12 buds
- Oil: As per requirement
- black mustard seeds: 1 tsp
- black pepper: 1 tsp
- Cumin: 1 tsp
- Asafoetida: a pinch
- whole coriander: 1 tsp
- urad dal: 1 tsp
- Chickpea lentil: 1 tsp
- Jaggery: as per taste
- rye: 1 tsp
- whole red chilli:2-3
- Curry leaf: 8-10 leaves
- Salt: as per taste
- black salt: 1/2 teaspoon
- Vinegar: 1 tsp
Ginger pickle recipe
- Prepare Ginger and Tamarind,
- Wash the ginger, peel it and cut it into small pieces.
- Soak the tamarind in lukewarm water and let it soften. Then crush it and take out the pulp.
- season with spices,
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add mustard seeds, black pepper, cumin, whole coriander, urad dal and chana dal in it.
- When the spices crackle, add garlic and chopped ginger.
- fry spices,
- Mix well and fry on low flame.
- Then add whole red chilli and asafoetida.
- Make a mixture of tamarind and jaggery,
- After it cools down, add tamarind pulp and jaggery to this mixture.
- Put it in a blender and prepare a smooth paste.
- finalize the pickle,
- Heat some oil in the pan again.
- Add mustard seeds and curry leaves in it and crackle.
- Add prepared ginger paste into it.
- Finally add salt, black salt and vinegar.
- store,
- Let the pickle cool completely.
- Fill it in a dry and clean glass container.
How to enjoy serving
Serve sweet and sour ginger pickle with dal, rice, paratha or roti. Its taste will double the pleasure of eating in cold weather.
tip: To store pickle for a long time, keep it in the refrigerator and always use clean and dry spoons.
