Stuff green chili pickle

• Servings:
• Chopping time: 10 minutes.
• Preparation time: 10 minutes.
• Stuffing time: 10-12 minutes.
• Keeping time: 1-2 days.
• keeping into the Sun time: 4-5 days.
• Total time:32 minutes.

Pickles are very important item in Indian meal; in north India it is very common to pack paratha with pickles in the lunch boxes for kids, either stuffed paratha or plane paratha.

This green chilli pickles is spicy, tangy and mouth watering, and less hot. Pickling make chilli less hot, this can be preserved for months or even for a year.

Ingredients:

• Green chilli: 250 gm
• Salt: 30 gm
• Funnel seed: 20 gm
• Kalongi (Nigella seed): 10 gm
• Fenugreek seed: 5 gm
• Asafoetida: 1 pinch
• Turmeric powder: 10 gm
• Yellow Mustard: 30 gm
• Mustard oil: 200 ml

Preparation:

1. Clean and wash green chilli.  Dry them with kitchen towel, Remove the stem of chilli. Put the chilli into sun for 2-3 hours.
2. Discard the seeds carefully (chilli should not get torn) from the chilli with the help of knife, Put the chilli into sun for 30-40 minutes.
3. Dry roast all ingredients on low flame till moisture get out and the colour changes; let it cool for couple of minutes and grind coarsely, ground masala is ready, keep aside.
4. Take a dry glass jar, smear the jar with 50 ml of oil, keep aside.,

Method:

1. Take a wok, heat oil till it smokes; let it cool for 20-30 minutes to normal temperature.
2. Take a big mixing bowl. Put masala in it; add salt, turmeric powder, mix well with 70-80 ml of oil. Now stuffing is ready.
3. Fill this masala paste into each chilli carefully and properly, arrange the stuff mirchi (green chilli) into oil smear glass jar, add extra masala (If there is) and remaining oil in it, close the lid and keep it for 2 days.
4. After two days, put this jar outside into the sun for drying with clean thin cover of cotton cloth for another 4-5 days.
5. Note: shake the jar daily, so that oil coating is going all around the chilli.
6. Now, mouth watering stuff green chilli pickle is ready to serve.
7. This can be served with aaloo paratha, chapati, rice etc.

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