CAPSICUM PICKLE | PICKLE RECIPE

I love pickles . I like to make pickle with any vegetable that I get in hand . My mom makes this recipe when I was young and I loved it a lot . Check out the Green chilli Pickle here  which is very similar to this recipe ,  and my MOM's Lemon pickle here. check out the other pickle recipes in my blog by clicking here . Off to today's recipe .

CAPSICUM PICKLE | PICKLE RECIPE

Ingredients:

• Bell peppers / Capsicum - 1 number, chopped in to small pieces
• Onion - 2 number , chopped in to small pieces
• Tamarind Juice - 1/2 cup , thick concentrate
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Methi seeds - 1 tsp
• Red Chilli powder - 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - to taste

Method: 

Heat oil in a Kadai , add the mustard seeds and allow it to pop , add the methi seeds and cook till it browns in color .

 

Now add the chopped onions and fry till it be becomes translucent .

Now add the chopped Capsicum, chiili powder ,turmeric powder ,  salt and mix .

Add the tamarind juice concentrate and bring it to boil . Cook till the oil separates out from the pickle.

Allow it to cool . Transfer the contents to a container and store it in refrigerator and use up to 30 - 45 days .

Serve this pickle along with the curd rice .

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Ingredients :

Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Urad dhal - 1/2 tsp
Whole red Chilli - 2 no , slit
Daikon  Radish - 2 no , grated
Salt - to taste

Method :

Heat oil in a shallow pan , add the mustard seeds and allow it to pop  , add the urad dhal and fry till golden brown in color and add the slit the whole red chills and fry .

 
Add the grated radish , salt and sprinkle little water and cook till it becomes soft .

Serve hot with steamed rice and roti .

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Vegetable Salad Recipe

Vegetable Salad Recipe

Ingredients :

Cucumber , Carrot , Tomato - Diced
Onion - Sliced
Pepper powder - To taste
Salt - To taste
Lime juice / vinegar - To taste

Method :

In a Mixing Bowl , add all the diced vegetables , Onions, pepper powder , salt and drizzle some lemon juice / Vinegar  and mix well and serve .

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Vegetable Pulao Recipe

Vegetable Pulao Recipe

Ingredients:

Chopped Vegetables - 1 cup , Chopped
Onions - 2 no , Chopped
Mint leaves - chopped
Cilantro - chopped
Basmathi Rice - 2 cups
Water - 3 cups
Oil - 2 tbsp
Cinnamon Stick - 1 stick
Cloves - 4 no
Bay leaf - 1 no
Ginger Garlic paste - 3 tsp
Salt - to taste
Yogurt - 2 tbsp
Whole red Chilli - 2nos

Method:

Add oil in a pressure cooker , add the cinnamon stick , cloves , bay leaf , mint leaves , cilantro leaves , onions and fry till they turn golden brown in color .

Add the Chopped Vegetables , Ginger garlic paste , salt and fry till they become crunchy .

Add yogurt .

Add water and bring it to boil .

Add rice , and throw some mint leaves and cover it with the lid and pressure cook for 1 whistle .

Serve hot with Raitha .

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Fruit Salad Recipe / Chocolate Salad Recipe

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My daughter wanted to skip her breakfast so my mom suggested that we give her some cut fruits , hence the result ended in this healthy fruit salad .

Ingredients:

Water Melon
Banana
Cherry
Few Chocolate pieces
Honey

Method :

Mix all the cut fruits in a mixing bowl .
Transfer the contents  to a serving bowl  add honey and few chocolate pieces and serve .

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Picnic Recipe Ideas / Picnic Menu Ideas

Last week end we drove down to Niagara falls, which is about 7 -8 hours drive from my place . My parents and my grandparents love the home made food . We planned to stay there for a day and we planned the menu accordingly  .When it was time to have food , we pulled off to the nearest service area and had them at the picnic tables at those plazas . It was just fabulous and a perfect picnic food  Here are the recipes that we carried to the trip .

Morning Breakfast :

Idly

Mint Cilantro Chutney

Lunch :

Curd Rice

Lays Potato Chips


Lemon Rice

Pickle

Chicken Masala

Dinner:

Tomato Chutney 

Chappathi 

Day 2 - 

Morning Breakfast :

The hotel served us with the continental breakfast , Apart from that we had few idlys and tomato , mint chutney  remaining which we reheated in the Microwave oven and used it .

Lunch:

We took our rice cooker , and rice to the hotel and we cooked the steamed rice in the hotel and packed it in the box .

Steamed Rice

Ready Made Vathal Kulambu Mix - From India

Potato Chips

Pickle

Dinner :

Came back home and had it @home .

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