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  Aloo ko achar is a famous Nepali dish. Aloo ko achar means potato pickle. It's a kind of instant potato pickle or potato salad  where boiled potato pieces are mixed with different spices and served as a snack or as a side dish with main course.  For the first time I tasted this Nepali style potato salad in a picnic lunch few years back. The dish is also known as  Nepali chutney in my place. I liked the taste very much and so we kept that item in the menu of my brother's marriage party later.  The recipe is actually very simple. Boiled potatoes are peeled, chopped and then mixed with roasted black sesame seeds and other spices. Some also add sliced onion, cucumber and reddish. But I have added only onion here. I also added boiled chickpeas. Check the recipe below : Nepali Style Potato Salad Recipe | Aloo Ko Achar   📎 Course :  Snack / Side Dish  📎Cuisine :  Nepali 🔪Preparation Time :  10 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  15 minut...

How to make preserved lemons with salt?  (অসমীয়াৰ ৰেচিপি তলত পাব)   Preserving lemons in salt is one of the simplest and the most ancient method of preserving lemons. Generally Indian pickles are spicy and oily.  But this lemon pickle is preserved only in salt and no oil and spices are used. This preserved lemons are used as a home remedy in curing stomach related problems. So in every household in Assam you will find at least one jar of preserved lemons with salt.  The recipe for preserved lemons in salt is very simple. All you need is lemons,  salt and a jar to keep those lemons.  Preserved Lemons With Salt | Nimokhot Diya Gul Nemu  📎 Course :  Pickle 📎Cuisine :  Indian  INGREDIENTS: 3 whole lemons  2 tbsp salt  METHOD: Wash lemons. Pat dry with a clean cloth.  Take a clean glass jar. Put the lemons into the jar. Add salt.  Close the jar tightly. Put the jar under direct sunlight for a week. Uncover the jar while ...

Ber (in Hindi),  Bogori (in Assamese),  Botanical name : Zizyphus jujuba is a round shaped sweet and sour winter special fruit found in Assam available around December to March. Sweet jujube pickle or bogorir mitha achar is very popular in Assam. It is generally served as a side dish with the main course. To make jujube pickle, you must choose only mature and ripened jujubes. Keep under direct sunlight during day time for few days before making pickle. Sweet Jujube Pickle / Bogorir Mitha Achar 📎 Course : pickle 📎Cuisine :  Indian 🔪Preparation Time :  10 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  5   minutes 🕞Total : 15 minutes INGREDIENTS: 1/2 kg ripened jujube  Jaggery 1/2 cup  Suger 1/2 cup  Oil (preferably mustard oil) 1/2 cup  4-5 dry red chilies  1/2 tbsp cumin seeds 1/2 tbsp coriander seeds  1/3 tbsp fenugreek seeds 1/2 tbsp fennel seeds  1/2 tbsp hing or asafoetida  1/2 tbsp nig...

Kasundi is a traditional Bengali recipe which is a variety of mustard sauce.  It is generally a pungent paste of  mustard seeds and mango which is also known as aam kasundi. It is a sour, sweet and hot sauce which can be served as a dip or as a side dish with rice or roti. After making mango pickle twice for this season, I had some raw mangoes left in my refrigerator.  So I decided to make aam kasundi today.  I didn't make this mustard sauce in the traditional Bengali method. Bengalis kept the sauce in earthen pot for 7 days before consuming and they use raw mustard oil.  I made this kasundi to serve instantly after making. Actually I don't have an earthen pot to keep my kasundi sauce and so I adopted this method.  My 7 year old daughter was so curiously observing me while I was making the sauce. She asked me "what are you making momma?" I said " you'll not like it dear,  it's taste is so pungent" But she insisted to taste it. And after she t...

Continuing with my pickle recipes, today I'm going to share a simple garlic pickle recipe which you can serve instantly. There are many different garlic pickle recipes and this one is sour and spicy.  I love garlic pickle.  I don't remember from where I learned this recipe but I liked to enjoy garlic pickle whenever and wherever I got the chance to taste it.  So I apply my own ideas in making garlic pickles or any other pickles. Indian pickles are more than just preserving. It contains oil and spices which makes it more flavourful. So without further delay let's jump to the recipe below.  Garlic Pickle Recipe  📎 Course :  Pickle 📎Cuisine :  Indian 🔪Preparation Time :  20 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  5 minutes  🕞Total :  25 minutes INGREDIENTS: 1 cup of garlic cloves  4-5 dry red chilies  1/4 cup yellow mustard seeds  1/2 tsp cumin seeds  1/2 tsp coriander seeds  1/3 tsp fenugree...

Preparation for making ghost chilli pickle  Bhoot jolokia/Bhut jolokia (ভোট জলকীয়া) or Ghost chilli is one of the hottest chilli on earth cultivated basically in Assam and some other parts of northeast India. The bhoot jolokias are two or three inches long and starts out green in colour.  It turns red only when ripened.  This ripened ghost chilli in the first bite gives an intense sweet chilli flavor.  The heat doesn't kick at the beginning. As you started chewing it, the heat kicks in and your mouth started burning together starts sweating and watery eyes. Bhoot jolokia  Don't touch ghost chilli with bare hands after cutting.  But as we Assamese people do not use spoon and fork and eat our meal with our fingers, we have the practice of touching this red hot chili with our bare hands. Do you remember the Indian chilli queen Anandita Dutta Tamuly.  She is know for eating and rubbing bhoot jolokia on her bare eyes. But you don't try thi...

Hey there!  I'm back with another pickle recipe.  The season of king of fruits is on. The raw mango pickle is very popular in India. Despite of continuous bad whether since last month, I somehow able to make a bottle of mango pickle last week and is now ready to serve. Raw mango pickle is my daughter's favorite pickle so how can I skip raw mango pickle from my list. As my first batch of raw mango pickle is ready to serve, I'm going to share the recipe with you.  Mango pickle is a condiment made from raw mango, spices, salt and oil. For pickling I use mustard oil only.  There are many different methods of making mango pickle and among them this one is the simplest one.  Mango Pickle  📎 Course :  Pickle 📎Cuisine :  Indian INGREDIENTS: 7-8 raw mangoes  1 tbsp turmeric powder  1/2 tsp cumin seeds  1/2 tsp coriander seeds  1/2 tsp mustard seeds  1/3 tsp fenugreek seeds 1/2 tsp fennel seeds 1/2 tsp...

Hey!  I'm back again with another Green chilli pickle. Hope you are not bored with my continuous pickle recipes. Summer is meant for pickling and I have still many pickles to made in my mind. Hope you liked my previous  green chilli pickle recipe . Today I'm going to share an instant green chilli pickle recipe which you can serve to your guests instantly after making. This green chilli pickle is very easy to prepare. The taste of this pickle is hot and sour.  This is similar to the chilli chutney that is usually served in marriage parties. I'm using medium hot Indian variety of  green chillies for making this Instant pickle. Green chillies are dipped into the mustard seeds' paste and the use of vinegar makes the pickle sour to taste. You can serve this pickle with rice or roti (Indian bread)  as a side dish,  but I like to have this pickle with fritters (pakoras) too.  Instant Green Chilli Pickle in Mustard Recipe  📎 Course : ...

Hey there!  here I'm back with another pickle recipe.  Sweet, sour and spicy green tomato pickle is very easy to prepare. Green tomatoes are the unripe tomatoes which are firm and sour. If you have green tomatoes and searching for recipe ideas than I have got two simple green tomato chutney recipes for you >  click here I love eating green or raw tomatoes.  Red tomatoes are available throughout the year but green tomatoes are quite seasonal. Today I got a basket of green tomatoes from my father and so I decided to make this pickle recipe. Green Tomato Pickle  📎 Course :  Pickle 📎Cuisine :  Indian INGREDIENTS: 7-8 green tomatoes  1/2 tsp cumin seeds  1/2 tsp coriander seeds  1/2 tsp mustard seeds  1/3 tsp fenugreek seeds 1/2 tsp fennel seeds 1/2 tsp hing or asafoetida 1/2 tsp nigella seeds  1 tbsp red chilli powder  2 tbsp sugar  1/2 tbsp salt  1/2 cup mustard oil ...

Green Chilli Pickle  Hey!  I'm back again with another Indian style pickle recipe. Today I'm going to share a simple recipe of green chilli pickle .  Do you know that green chillies are rich in dietary fiber. Well, green chillies are one of the must ingredient of Indian cooking. Slit,  sliced,  chopped or diced, we like to add green chillies in our cooking.  Green chillies are also often served as raw. As green chillies are available throughout the year,  we may not need to preserve it by pickling.  But Indian pickles are more than just preserving.  Because of the use of oil and spices, the pickles become more flavourful and we like to have pickles with rice or roti (Indian bread) in lunch or dinner as a side dish.  There are many different ways of making green chilli pickle.  This pickle is hot and sweet in taste.  Green Chilli Pickle  📎 Course :  Pickle 📎Cuisine :  Indian INGREDIENTS: ...