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  • Quali flower pickle-Indian

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    Servings: 4 cups
    by sharmila sanka
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    This is a typical Indian spicy pickle. Most of the ingredients will be found in the Indian Store. Quali flower pickle goes well with paratha/tortilla, curd rice or plain rice. It will remain until 10 days outside and atleast a month in the refrigerator. This can be made even without garlic.

    Ingredients

    • Gobi - 1 whole
    • Carrots - 2
    • Hing - A pinch
    • Ginger garlic paste - 2 Tsp
    • Dry methi leaves - 1/4th Tsp
    • Garlic cloves - 4
    • Curry leaves - 10
    • Red chilly powder - 5 Tsp
    • Salt - 10 Tsp
    • Lemons - 4
    • OR
    • Plastic Lemon - ½
    • Oil 1 ¼ cup
    • (For pickle masala powder)
    • 2 Tea spoons coriander
    • 1 spoon Jeera
    • 1 spoon Mustard
    • 4 Fenugreek/Methi seeds

    Directions

    1. Cut Gobi into small florets.
    2. Cut 2 carrots in to thin long pieces.
    3. Dry fry the Coriander seeds, Jeera seeds, Mustard seeds and Fenugreek or Methi seeds separately and grind all of them together. Keep it aside.
    4. Do the Tempering or popu or Tiragamota thus-
    5. Heat a small pan with 4 Tsp oil, add 1/2 spoon urad dal, 1/4th spoon mustards,
    6. 1/4 spoon jeera. Add curry leaves, little hing powder and 1 spoon ginger garlic paste.
    7. When it becomes cool, add this tempering / popu to the gobi florets in a big vessel.
    8. Cut 4 raw garlic cloves into small pieces and add it to it.
    9. Add the ground powder to it, add 5 spoons ready made red chilly powder, 10 spoons salt and 1/2 ready-made plastic-small-lemon or juice taken from 4 lemons to the Gobi florets.
    10. Add 1/4th spoon dry methi leaves to it. (Optional) At the end, add 1 cup heated and cooled oil to the above mixture and mix it well. No doubt it will be mouth-watering for you and the audience. Say Brahmarpanam and no doubt it will come out good.
    11. Enjoy the Gobi pickle.

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