Crab Apple Pickle

Crabapple is a small, tart and sour flavour fruit from a type of apple tree.Crab apples are very small and less than 2 inch in size.Crab apple pickle is easy tp prepare spicy pickle.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Crab Apple Pickle.

Ingredients:-

Crab Apple.            - 20 or 30 small
Ginger chopped.       -1tbsp
Garlic chopped.        -1tbsp
Green chillies.           -4
Turmeric powder.       -1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder.      -2 tbsp
Fenugreek powder.      -1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds powder.-1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds.             -1tsp
Fenugreek seeds.          -1/4 tsp
Curry leaves.                -few
Vinegar.                        -1/4 cup
Water.                           -as needed
Salt.                              -to taste
Gingelly oil.                 -2 tbsp

Instructions:
Crab Apples

Remove the stem attached to the crab apples,Wash and clean the crab apples in water and pat dry them with a clean cloth. Put the cleaned crab apples in 1cup of warm water. Let it sit in warm water for 10 minutes.

Method:-

1). Heat 2 tbsp gingelly oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds. Add few curry leaves and fry in oil.

2). Add chopped ginger, chopped garlic and chopped green chillies into the pan and saute well.

3). Drain the crab apples from warm water and put them into the pan and saute well.

4). Add turmeric powder, red chilly powder, fenugreek powder and mustard powder into the pan and saute well.

5). Add required salt and vinegar into the pan. Mix well all the ingredients in the pan and switch off the flame. Transfer the crab apple pickle in a procelain bowl to cool. Once cooled store the crab apple pickle in an air tight glass bottle.

Crab Apple Pickle is ready to serve.