Tuesday 28 December 2021

Bimbula Nonche / Birmi Karmbala Nonche /Tree Sorrel Pickle.

Bimbul nonche/ Birmi karmbala nonche/ Tree sorrel pickle is a very tasty and easy to prepare spicy bilimbi pickle made with home grown fresh bilimbi fruits and goes well with rice, fried rice, dosa and idli.Tree sorrel/ bilimbi fruit is a sour fruit known as birmi karmbal and bimbul in Konkani. Bimbla Nonche / Birmi Karmbala Nonche / Tree Sorrel Pickle recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Bimbula Nonche / Birmi Karmbala Nonche / Tree Sorrel Pickle.

Ingredients:-

Bilimbi / Bimbul.-40
Dry red chillies.  -20 to 30
Mustard seeds.    -1tsp
Fenugreek seeds .-3/4 tsp
Turmeric powder.-1/4 tsp
Asafoetida.          -1tsp
Gingelly oil.        -4 tbsp
Salt.                     -to taste

Instructions:-

1). Wash fresh bilimbi fruits in water. Pat dry the washed bilimbis with a clean cloth and keep them on a porcelain plate or in a glass bowl.
2). Chop the cleaned fresh bilimbis into small round pieces.

3). Add 2 tbsp salt to the bilimbi pieces and mix well using a spoon. Keep aside the bilimbi pieces to marinate for about 30 minutes.

4). Heat 1tbsp gingelly oil in a pan and roast dry red chillies.Transfer the roasted dry red chillies to a plate to cool. In the same pan splutter mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds (methi seeds). Switch off the flame and add asafoetida and turmeric powder and mix well.Once cooled grind all the above ingredients to a smooth powder.Keep aside the ground spice powder.

Method:-

1). In a porcelain bowl or in a glass bowl add marinated bilimbi pieces along with salt water using a spoon.

2). Add ground spice powder and 2tbsp gingelly oil into the bowl and mix well.

3). Mix  the ground spice powder with the chopped bilimbi pieces. Once the bilimbi pieces are nicely coated with the ground spice powder add 1tbsp gingelly oil over the pickle bimbul nonche/ birmi karmbala nonche / Tree sorrel Pickle is ready.

After 1 hour transfer the bimbula nonche / birmi karmbala nonche / tree sorrel pickle to an airtight glass bottle and pour little gingelly oil over the pickle.The pickle will stay good in the pickle bottle for 2 weeks or you can  keep the pickle in the refrigerator and it stays there good for few more weeks.

Try the recipe and enjoy the mouth watering tasty pickle.

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