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Pudina Pickle

Ingredients

Fresh mint leaves-3 cups
(Wash pat dry & fry it in 2 tsp of oil till reduced to 1/2 & changed its colour. Add the tamarind too while frying)
Salt to taste
Chilly powder-2 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
Tamarind - a small gooseberry size
Jaggery - 1 tsp

Ingredients to powder

Mustard-1tsp
Jeera / Cumin-1tsp
Urad Dal-1tsp
Sesame seeds-1tsp
Methi/Fenugreek seeds-1/4tsp
Coriander seeds-1tsp
Red chillies-4
(Dry roast all above ingredients till slight brown. Do not burn them cool and grind to a semi smooth powder)

Tempering

Oil - 1 cup

Mustard, Urad dal , Channa dal - each 1 tsp

Sliced Garlic-10

Red chilly - 2

Curry leaves few

Method

Take a blender add the mint ,tamarind, chilly powder, turmeric powder & salt.

Grind it to a coarse paste , do not add any water while grinding.
Heat oil in a pan add the tempering ingredients fry till garlic is light brown.

Add the ground mixture & sauté till oil floats on top.

Switch off the stove & mix the ground powder & jaggery.
Cool completely and store it in a clean jar in fridge.

Mix with hot rice & enjoy!

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