LIME PICKLE

LIME PICKLE
Lime pickle is famous in indian homes.A full source of natural Vit-C ,it is quite tasty too with steamed hot rice ,curd rice and dosas..
Lemon-50  nos
Salt 1 glass
Upto 200 gms,
check out as only too much salty,iodized salt
is available now a days..
Chilli powder 1/2 kg
To season:
Oil 1/4 th kg
Mustard seeds 1 tbsp
Red chillies 5 to 6 nos
Hing- a small ground nut sized  piece
made in to powder
Roasted  powder:
Mustard seeds 1and half tsp
Methi seeds 1/2 tsp
These 2 materials are to be roasted,
let them cool, and made in to powder
Method:
Wash all the lemon,wipe them  with a
dry cloth,and cut them in to small pieces..
Then take in to a plastic basin,and mix
chilli powder,salt,and roasted mustard
methi powder well.Mix all the lime pieces
and the powders well.Lastly heat oil in a
pan and after it is heated add the seasoning
materials mustard seeds,hing and red chillies.
After they splutter and stop popping,switch off
the stove.Let the oil cool completely.Lastly add
this oil in the lime pickle..Set it aside for 7
complete days.In the mean while mix the pickle
well for 2 times in the 7 days.
You can serve after 7 days,but the lime piece
 tastes bitterand it takes time to settle completely
 up to 20 days..
This recipe does not need to be placed in sunlight..
and it remain s fresh for months..
Check out the salt and chillie powder and add

according to your taste..
Both the pickles lime and the previous tomato pickle is from my sister Padmas kitchen,a big Thanks to her as she takes care of me n my family in cooking ..

TOMATO PICKLE

TOMATO PICKLE
Tomato pickle stays for more than 6 months ,if proper care is taken while preparing without touching water..
Materials:
Tomatoes - 1 kg
They should be well washed and dried with a dry cloth.
Avakai karam chillie powder  1/4 th kg
Avakai karam (chillie powder)is used in mango pickle, prepared in the months of summer,the red chillie is broad and long, is from Guntur,of Andhra pradesh,it will be rich red in colour,and it will not be too spicy n hot.Iused the leftover pickle chilli powder now and the rich red colour is due to that..
or
Aashirvad karam 100 gms or a little more
Ordinary locally made chillie powder  is from thin and short redchillies and it is very hot n spicy,we use them in curries.So less amount is used.
Tamarind 50 gms
Salt 100 gms
As now a days iodized salt is used less qty of salt is enough
Method:
Soak(washed and dry) tomatoes in salt and tamarind for 2 days.
(Mix in between 1 to 2 times per daywith a dry plastic spoon).
From 3 rd day keep dry open  in sun light.
Place the tomato  pieces  and the tomato liquid seperately in  plastic basins.
If it is dry sunny weather then one day sunlight is enough.
Or else if it is cloudy then 2 to 3 days of sunlight are needed.
And immediately in the evening prepare the pickle.
In the mean while before making pickle ,dry roast 1 tbsp of mustard seeds,and half tbsp of methi seeds in a pan.
Dry grind it in to a powder after it is cool.
next grind the dried tomato pieces and the left over tomato juice  in to a paste along with chilli powder, and mustard and methi powder.. and keep it aside.
Place a pan on the stove,and add 1/2 kg of oil to it,then after it is heated add 2 tbsp of channa daal,2 tsp mustard seeds,red chilli slits of 4 nos,hing, and ,then after they stop spluttering add (washed and dried)curry leaves toss well for 2 minutes.
This is to ensure the tomato pickle mixture not to get spoiled ,if at all any moisture is left over.
Lastly add the grinded paste of tomato pickle to it and fry for 2 minutes.
Thats all.Switch off the stove.
Store it in a airtight container after it is cool..
Serve with steamed hot rice or dosas n rotis..

Garlic flakes can be added in seasoning in small quantities of pickle  taken outside ,foronce in every  month ..Idonno because i use garlic very rarely..
This recipe i am sending to the event conducted by Nivedhita and Jagruthi
COMPLETE MY THALI-PICKLE..

And one more thing i want to say,if u r in a urgency,then soak tomatoes along with tamarind and salt in the eve,leave it overnight.Next day morn grind it in to a paste and season it as in the proceedure.. No need of sunlight etc.This will stay for more than 20 days..No touch of water,and ample amount of oil is enough for it to stay fresh..

ALU-FRITTERS

ALU-FRITTERS
Alu fritters a  snack,lightly oily food go well with evenings at tea time..
Materials:
Besan flour-2 cups
Rice flour- 1/2 cup
Salt
Soda a pinch
Chilli powder 1/2 tsp
Aloo  4 to 5 nos
Sliced into chips
Oil
Method:
Mix besan,rice flour salt and chilli powder along with a pinch of soda in to a paste.It should be neither thick nor thin,it should be like mediun batter in consistancy.
Place a pan with oil for deep frying,after it is heated,dip  the thin slices into besan batter and drop one by one aloo slices in the oil and deep fry till brown.
Enjoy them eating while they are hot with a chutney..

If u want them to be like street food then stuff  chopped onion along with chilli powder and salt and lemon juice, corriander leaves  and eat them..