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gooseberry pickle | nellikai thokku

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course pickle, Side Dish
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 500 gram gooseberry/ amla/ nellikai 18 numbers (frozen)
  • ½ cup sesame oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
  • few curry leaves
  • 2 tbsp Kashmiri red chilly powder 3 or 4 tbsp KR Chilly powder for fresh goose berries
  • ¼ tsp fenugreek powder
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

Steaming and blending:

  • Firstly wash the gooseberries well, then place it in steaming plate
  • Steam cook for 10 minutes
  • After steam cooked the gooseberries, let it cool
  • then deseed it, put it in the blender jar
  • blend it coarsely, and keep aside

Making pickle:

  • Heat ½ cup of sesame oil in a pan, splutter 1 tsp of mustard seeds, ¼ cup of fenugreek seeds, few curry leaves
  • and then add-in coarse ground paste, keep the flame low
  • Now add 2 tbsp of Kashmiri red chilly powder, ¼ tsp of turmeric powder and ¼ tsp of fenugreek powder, just give a mix
  • that is it amla/ gooseberry pickle is ready (nellikai thokku)
Keyword amla, gooseberry pickle, mangopickle