Onion Pickle / Shallot Pickle

After all the posh and rich delicacies for diwali, lets get into some simple food :)

Pickle! they are the best accompaniments with lots of our dishes and can make "any" dish delicious with its taste.

By any, I even mean Pazhaya sadam(left over rice). If asked about pazhaya sadam, I would be a person who would not sulk to it. Its of course delicious and very healthy.

A bowl of pazhya sadam mixed with some neer moar(butter milk) and onion pickle along with it can easily beat any dish. Its so yummy and filling. :)

Read on to know about the magical onion pickle that makes the simplest of food into an extremely delicious one :)

Ingredients:

Small onions(shallots) - 1/4 kg
Tamarind - 2 lemon sized balls
Jaggery - 6 tsp
Chilly powder - 3 tsp
Salt - 2 tsp
Gingely oil - 75 gms
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves
Fenugreek(Vendhayam) - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds(Jeeragam) - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida(Perungayam) - 1/4 tsp

Method:

Peel the onions and chop them into small pieces.

Extract the pulp from tamarind.

Fry fenugreek, cumin and asafoetida in a dry pan and powder it finely.

Heat the oil in a wok and crackle mustard and drop in the curry leaves too. Add the chopped onions to it and fry till it turns transparent. Then add the tamarind paste, jaggery, salt and chilly powder to it and mix well until it becomes thick(pickle consistency). Finally add the powdered masala and mix well and cook for just two minutes.

Aromatic onion pickle is ready to eat :)

Serve it with curd rice or mix it along with plain rice and eat :)

It also goes well with murukku and dosas :)

You can preserve this in the refrigerator for around 6 months.

Note:

Keep in mind that the oil should cover a thin layer on top of the pickle after it is transferred to the bottle. This will prevent the pickle from getting spoilt. This goes for all pickles.

To make pazhaya sadam - soak the left over rice in water over night. Drain the water and mix it along with butter milk. You can add some salt to the drained water and have it as well. Its high in carbohydrates. :)

Written by: Nithya
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