Healthy Winter Pickle I Carrot Ginger Green Chilli Achaar Recipe I No Oil No cooking Pickle

vinegar

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

Lemon juice adds acidity with fewer calories.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: jaggery

Jaggery is a traditional sweetener used in many Indian pickles.

Wash and thoroughly dry all the vegetables.

Peel the carrots and cut them into long slices.

Peel the ginger and slice it into long thin slices.

Remove the stems from the green chilies, slit them, and slice them into thin pieces.

Grind 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds into a powder using a blender.

In a large mixing bowl, add 0.5 teaspoon of turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon of Kashmir chili powder, and salt to taste.

Add the sliced carrots, ginger, and green chilies to the bowl.

Add the ground mustard powder to the bowl.

Squeeze the juice of about 1 tablespoon of lemon into the mixture (or use 1/4 cup of vinegar if preferred).

Mix everything well together until the vegetables are coated with spices and juice.

Cover the bowl and let it sit at room temperature for 1 hour.

After 1 hour, give the mixture a good mix again.

Store the pickle in a clean dry glass jar.

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