Amla Methi dana Pickle - Methi Amla Achar - Amla Pickle with Fenugreek Seeds
Amla methi achar or gooseberry fenugreek pickle is tasty as well as nutritious pickle. Amlas are always considered to be elixir of good health and are full of vitamin C.This piquant pickle contains gooseberry along with fenugreek seeds and spiced up with few aromatic spices.
Serve this zingy and delectable amla methi pickle as a side assortment with chapatti, paranthas or any meal. So, with the pickle recipe that follows, learn how to make amla pickle without using any preservatives. Try out these instruction with step-by-step pictures and include a spicy-zingy wedge of this pickle in your meals. Enjoy!
Direction
Getting ready:
1. Wash the amlas thoroughly and dice them into small chunks.
Making:
2. Heat a pan or a wok with 4 tbsp oil.
3. Now when the oil is sufficiently hot add fenugreek seeds into it and roast until it becomes little brown. Keep the flame low.
4. Then add carom seeds and turmeric powder. Stir it for a while.
5. Add gooseberry, followed with red chilly powder, garam masala, salt, fennel powder and asafoetida. Mix everything really well.
6. Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes till gooseberry becomes tender. Keep the flame low.
7. After 5 minutes, remove the lid. Press the chunks gently to check whether cooked through or not. Don’t over cook them.
8. Take the pan off the flame and place it on net stand so that the chunks cool down.
9. Now add vinegar to the gooseberry pickle.
10. Transfer the pickle to a plate or a container. Amla methi pickle is now ready.
Serving:
11.Serve this tempting and healthy amla methi pickle as a side assortment with chapatti, parantha or any meal. When the pickle cools down completely, store it in an airtight container. For the first 3 days, stir the pickle with a spoon twice a day. Pickle will absorb all the juices and it will become more delectable.
Suggestions
- Instead of white vinegar you can use any type of vinegar.
- Gooseberry – 250 grams (finely chopped)
- Fenugreek seeds – ¼ cup (40 grams)
- Sesame oil – 4 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
- Asafoetida – 2 pinch
- Fennel seeds – 2 tsp
- Carom seeds – 1 tsp
- Red chilly powder – ½ tsp
- Garam masala – ½ tsp
- Salt – 2 tsp or to taste
- Vinegar – 2 tbsp
- Direction
- Getting ready:
- Wash the amlas thoroughly and dice them into small chunks.
- Heat a pan or a wok with 4 tbsp oil.
- Now when the oil is sufficiently hot add fenugreek seeds into it and roast until it becomes little brown. Keep the flame low.
- Then add carom seeds and turmeric powder. Stir it for a while.
- Add gooseberry, followed with red chilly powder, garam masala, salt, fennel powder and asafoetida. Mix everything really well.
- Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes till gooseberry becomes tender. Keep the flame low.
- After 5 minutes, remove the lid. Press the chunks gently to check whether cooked through or not. Don’t over cook them.
- Take the pan off the flame and place it on net stand so that the chunks cool down.
- Now add vinegar to the gooseberry pickle.
- Transfer the pickle to a plate or a container. Amla methi pickle is now ready.
- Serve this tempting and healthy amla methi pickle as a side assortment with chapatti, parantha or any meal. When the pickle cools down completely, store it in an airtight container. For the first 3 days, stir the pickle with a spoon twice a day. Pickle will absorb all the juices and it will become more delectable.
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