Prep Time:10 Minutes
Cook time: 45 Minutes
Ingredients: (Base)
1. 4 cups washed red cherry
2. 2 cup tamarind paste (Soak the tamarind in water and use the thick paste)
3. 1 tsp salt
4. 1 cup brown sugar or jaggery. You can put more or less based on your liking of sugar
5. 1/2 cup vineger as preservative
6. 1 cup mustard or extra virgin olive oil.You can use any other oil too.But pickle tastes great with mustard oil.
7. 1 tbsp blackseeds(roasted)
8. 2 tbsp yellow mastard seeds (roasted and lightly smashed)
Optional :
1. 6 or 7 garlic cloves or 1 tbsp garlic powder
2. 2 Bay leaf
3. 1 tsp ginger powder
4. 1 tsp cumin powder
5. 1 pinch cumin seeds (roasted)
6. 2 tsp chat masala powder
7. 2 pinch of green cardamom powder or 4 whole cardamom
8. 1 tsp red chili powder if you want hot and spicy.
9. 1 tbsp fennel seeds (roasted)
You can use Patch puran whole spices (Roasted).
Preparation:
1.Cook the red cherry in the microwave for about 10-15 min. until it get cooked thoroughly.Donot put any water unless you cook on a gas stove.The red cherry will shed water and it will get thawed.
2.Smash it throughly and mix with tamarind paste.If you want ,you can discard the seeds.I like to have them.
2.Heat a nonstick cooking pan with oil (do not use any silver colored steel pan)
then add all the ingredients .Cook it for 45 min. in a medium to low heat
until everything turns out into dark brown to black.
3.Stir the gravy occasionally so that it does not get burned or get sticked in the pan while cooking for 30 to 45 mintues.
4.After it gets dark brown and smell is all around , let it cool down for 2 hours and pour it in a glass or plastic jar.After cooking you can discard bay leaf and cinnamon stick .
Enjoy and have fun.
P.S The reason why I put the optional ingredients is that many people donot like the smell of various spices.If you want ,you can skip any of the optional ingredients.But if you put all the spices in the pickle , the pickle will turn out really good.
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