Wedding Carrot's Pickle

Posted By : Joanna D'souza  

The East Indian Community are the Original Inhabitants of Mumbai , Thana , Vasai and Raigad District . This Traditional East Indian Wedding Carrot & Papaya Pickle  Reciepe is carried out from Generations to Generations for hundreds of years , This special mouth watering and tasty pickle is served during East Indian Weddings

This pickle can be made any time of the year because this pickle helps digestion.So go ahead and try this recipe very healthy easy to make and extremely yummy

  

Required Ingredients:

250 gms carrots

1 small papaya around 300 gms (raw)

2 bits ginger

2 pods Garlic Flakes ( Whole )

100 gms. Green chillies   ( Bhawnagri )

100 gms. Dried dates can be shredded or kept whole

2 inch fresh Turmeric powdered ( while maturing the pickle )

½ teaspoon Turmeric powder ( while drying the veggies )

25 gms mustard seeds ( pounded or crushed coarsely )

2 cup  approx. ½ liter Apple Cider Vinegar or Synthetic Vinegar ( add as per taste )

Method Of Preparation :

Slice the carrots, papaya and ginger into thin rectangular strips 

Apply  ½ Turmeric powder , Salt to above carrot papaya & ginger

And let them dry in the sun for 2 to 4 hours.

Soak the Dates in ½ cup of vinegar for 1 hours.

If the Green Chillies are big then cut into quarters.

Add another 1 ¼ cup of vinegar into the kadai

2. Now add the vinegar in which the dates were soaking.

Bring this to full boil

Then add the Green Chillies and Garlic stir for just 15 seconds

Then Immediately switch off the gas  then let it cool.

Then mix the above with Fresh powdered Turmeric , Mustard seeds (pounded and husked)

Stir to mix well

Transfer the pickle into a glass / ceramic bowl or container (wide mouth).

Cover and set it aside for 3 days.

Every 12 hours stir it once so that the vinegar mixture coats all the vegetables

Now that your pickle is almost done transfer this into a pickle jar

And set aside for 2 more days to mature.

On the 5^TH day Your East Indian wedding pickle is ready for consumption.

Enjoy this delicious Wedding Carrot Pickle as life is wonderful as it is .

Please  Note :

Here vinegar helps as the agent of preservative.

There is no oil so it is again health conscious recipe.

Container used to store should be completely dry no moisture should be presence and also see that it should be airtight or pickle will get fungus.   

This pickle contain carrots good for eyes, papaya good for digestion, turmeric fresh and also powdered  good agent for antibiotic.