Pickles are everyone’s favourite. Also in India, every household has a unique way of preserving their own recipes for ages. Some they acquire from their mothers and some from their grandmothers. Since time immemorial some recipes of pickles have made it to the Indian Cuisine. Below are some of the popular pickle recipes from Indian Cuisine.

Authentic Punjabi Mango Pickle

Mango pickle is our easy-to-made pickle recipe of all time. It’s one of the favourite and easiest mango recipes one can go for to satisfy their taste buds.

Recipe

1. Use fresh spices. Take the spices in a plate and then remove husks or stones if any.
2. For the sour mango pickle, coarsely ground the mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds. You can even use split mustard seeds as well as split fenugreek seeds.
3. Get raw mangoes with really tender skin. Don’t peel the skin off. But if you get raw mangoes with tough skin, then peel off the skin.
4. You can choose to add more red chilli powder if you want more spicy taste in the pickle.
5. Remember there should be no water or moisture in your jar in which you will keep the mango pickle. The jar has to be clean and dry.
6. You can sterilize a glass jar if you want.
7. Hygiene and cleanliness are very important when you are making pickles.

Chilli Pickle Recipe

Who doesn’t want to have the taste of spice with full-on flavours of indigenous spices? This pickle recipe is to die for as it can help you taste the aroma of green chillies.

Recipe

• In a dry grinder or coffee grinder, powder the mustard seeds coarsely. You can use yellow or black mustard seeds.
• In a clean glass jar, add the green chillies, ground mustard seeds and salt.
• Mix by shaking the jar or use a clean non-reactive spoon to mix the contents of the jar. Cover the jar with its lid tightly and keep in the sun for 2 to 3 days. If the sunlight and heat are very intense, then just 1 to 2 days is fine. If you don’t have sun and it’s cloudy all the time, then just keep outside. In the evening, remove the jar from out and keep it in a dry place in your kitchen. Keep it for 3 days since the sun was playing hide and seek.
• After 2 to 3 days, add lemon juice and turmeric powder to the pickle.
• With a clean non-reactive spoon, mix everything very well. Close the jar and again keep in the sun for 1 to 2 days.

Gobi Gajar Shalgam Achar

Gobi and Gajar are easily available vegetables in our kitchen. Why not try making a lip-smacking pickle recipe of the same.

• Blanch all the vegetables(carrots, cabbage, beetroot, turnips) etc.
• Dry them in the sunlight as it is essential to get soaked under the light.
• Dry roast the pickle spices like chilli flakes, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds, fennel seeds, and cloves.
• Prepare the pickling syrup with vinegar and jaggery.
• Assemble it together, mix them properly with oil and once cooked well, allow it to cool down and then put it inside the jar.

Lemon Pickle

Super easy lemon pickle is the one we can never choose to ignore. They are the best and super fun to make.

Recipe

• Take each lemon and cut four sides but keep the lemon intact and whole. Do not cut through completely. Cut all lemons this way.
• In a bowl, squeeze a bit of juice from each lemon piece. Do not squeeze the lemons too much. Keep this lemon juice aside.
• In another plate or bowl, take 1 tablespoon carom seeds (ajwain), ½ tablespoon red chilli powder and 1 tablespoon salt.
• Mix very well.
• Now with your fingers or small spoon stuff this masala in each lemon. Keep aside.
• Place the lemons in a clean glass jar. You can sundry the jar for 1 to 2 hours if you want.
• Now remove the seeds and pour the lemon juice which was in the bowl in the jar.
• Add leftover masala if any on the stuffed lemons in the jar.
• Sprinkle some salt (about ½ to 1 teaspoon) all over the lemons. This is done so that the top does not get spoiled while the lemon pickle is maturing.
• Cover with a lid and keep the jar in sunlight for 4 days. Every day shake the jar.

The tangy lime pickle will be ready after 4 to 5 days and then you can serve it with your meals. Refrigerate the pickle.

Since time immemorial some recipes of pickles have made it to the Indian Cuisine. Hope these recipes will help you in easy making homemade pickles and serve with daily foods with your friends and family members. Share your valuable feedback in the comments after trying these recipes with your food. Your feedbacks are always welcome.