Amla pickle recipe or Amla achaar recipe
Cuisine: Indian
Author: EasyRecipes .
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 5 mins
Total time: 20 mins
amla pickle - easy to prepare amla or indian gooseberry pickle.
Ingredients
  • main ingredients:
  • 400 gms amla or gooseberry (small or bigger)
  • ¼ cup red chili powder/lal mirch powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder/haldi
  • ½ cup rock salt/sendha namak or add as required
  • for tempering:
  • ½ cup + 3 tbsp sesame oil (indian one and not the east asian one)/til ka tel
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds/rai
  • 1 tsp fenugreek seeds/methi ke dane
  • 1 tsp asafoetida/hing
Instructions
  1. first rinse the amla in water. dry them with a kitchen napkin. there should be no trace of moisture.
  2. if small amla, keep whole, since seeds are very small.
  3. if big sized, then chop and remove the seeds. discard the seeds.
  4. take the amla in a large bowl.
  5. add the red chilli powder, turmeric powder and rock salt. mix very well.
  6. in another pan, heat the sesame oil first.
  7. then add the mustard seeds & fenugreek seeds and allow them to splutter.
  8. then add the asafoetida. stir and switch off the flame.
  9. let the oil cool completely and then pour it over the amla marinated with the spices. mix very well.
  10. spoon the pickle in a sterilized jar.
  11. close tightly with a lid and keep the pickle in a dry corner of your kitchen for 7 days.
  12. after every 2 to 3 days, give the pickle bottle or jar a good shake or a stir with a clean dry spoon.
  13. the amla pickle will be ready after 7 days.
  14. once the amla pickle is ready, keep in the fridge or at room temperature.
  15. in cold climates, you can keep outside. in a hot and humid climate, keep in the fridge. serve amla pickle with any indian meal of your choice.
Recipe by Mithila.net at https://www.mithila.net/veg-recipes/pickles/amla-pickle-recipe-or-amla-achaar-recipe-11421.html