Lime n' Mint

Gongura Pickle Ingredients: - Gongura leaves 1 big bunch - Methi (Fenugreek) seeds 1 table spoon (fry till turned into dark brown; powder it medium coarse to fine granules with the help of mortel and keep aside) - Jeera (Cumin) 1 table spoon ( fry till brown; take aside and powder it into fine granules) - Salt 2 table spoons - Red chilli powder 2 table spoons - Tamarind 10 grams - Edible oil 4 table spoons (groundnut oil or sesame oil preferred; any other edible oil such as sunflower oil/rice bran oil/palmolein may also be used, the taste will slightly vary - as such, suggest choice as per tastes and cooking habits) For seasoning: - Edible oil 1/2 cup (variety of edible oil to use as per taste and cooking habits) - Red chillies (whole) 2 - Rai (Mustard) seeds 1 tea spoon - Jeera (Cumin) 1 tea spoon - Udad dal (Black gram) 1 tea spoon - Chana ...

Tomato pickle Pickles give taste to our meal. This pickle is one of our hot favorites. My mother in law taught me how to make this pickle. I usually make this pickle in little quantity so that I could try a different variety each time. Follow me on this version of tomato pickle... Ingredients: 1. Tomatoes 250 gms 2. Tamarind 50gms 3. Fenugreek seeds 1tea spoon 4. Cumin 1 teaspoon 5. Mustard seeds 1tea spoon 6. Salt 2 table spoons 7. Red chilli powder 2 table spoons 8. Turmeric a pinch 9. Sugar 2 tea spoons For the Seasoning: 1. Groundnut oil 1/2 cup(or any refined vegetable oil) 2. Garlc cloves 2,cut into small pices 3. Mustard seeds a little 4. Whole chillies 1 5. Cumin a little 6. Asafoteda a little 7. Curry patta 4 leaves Method: 1. Cut big pulpy tomatoes into small pi...