Ginger Dry Pickle

Ginger pickle is a spicy, little sweet and dry pickle made with ginger, tamarind, jaggery and spice powders. Ginger Dry Pickle recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Ginger Dry Pickle.

Ingredients:-

Ginger chopped.   -1 cup
Tamarind.              -a lemon size
Jaggery crushed.   -1/4 cup
Red chilli Powder.-1tbsp
Turmeric powder. -1/2 tsp
Salt.                      -to taste
Gingelly oil.         -2 tbsp

For Seasoning:-

Mustard seeds -1tsp, Fenugeek seeds -1/4 tsp, Dry red chillies -2 broken, Gingelly oil -3 tbsp.

Instructions:-

Peel and remove the outer skin of ginger and wash well. Pat dry the ginger with a dry cloth and chop it into small pieces.

Method:-

1). Heat 2 tbsp gingelly oil in a pan and add chopped ginger pieces and saute well on medium flame till ginger pieces shrinks.

2). Add required salt and tamarind into the pan.

3). Mix salt and tamarind with ginger pieces and saute well in oil.

4). Switch off the flame and add red chilli powder and turmeric powder into the pan and mix well.

 5). Add crushed jaggery into the pan and mix well.

6). Mix together all the ingredients in the pan and let them to cool.

7). Once cooled grind together all the ingredients in a mixer grinder to a smooth paste. Transfer the ground ginger mixture to a plate.

8). Heat 3 tbsp gingelly oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds. Add broken dry red chillies and saute well in oil.

9). Add ground ginger mixture into the pan and mix in the seasoning and switch off the flame.

10). Allow the ginger dry pickle to cool.Once cooled transfer the spicy and sweet ginger dry pickle to a bowl.You can store the pickle in an airtight container and have a good shelf life.

Sweet and Spicy Ginger Dry Pickle is ready.