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Cucumber Carrot Achar (Pickle) Recipe
by Navaneetham Krishnan

Cucumber Carrot Achar (Pickle)

light spicy,sweet and sour tastes with a totally awesome true crunch.

Rating: 4/5
Avg. 4/5 1 vote
Prep time: Malaysia Malaysian
Cook time: Servings: 4 person

Goes Well With: a side dish with rice

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cucumber - sliced into 1 inch long stripes with the skin on
  • 1/2 carrot - remove skin and sliced into 1 inch long stripes
  • 1/2 inch ginger - remove skin and sliced into thin stripes
  • 1 red and 1 green chili - remove skin and sliced into 1 inch long stripes
  • 7 shallots -remove skin
  • 7 garlic - remove skin
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 1/2 tbsp roasted sesame seeds
  • 1/2 cup vinegar
  • Sugar and salt for taste
  • 3 tbsp oil

Directions

  1. When oil is heated, sauté ginger, shallots and garlic with cumin seeds (about 1-2mins)
  2. Add vinegar, turmeric powder, sugar and salt to taste.
  3. Let it simmer and put in cucumber, carrot and chili stripes.
  4. Stir all in and close with a lid.
  5. After 20 mins, open the lid and sprinkle sesame seeds all over.