Onion Pickle Recipe
Onion pickle is a savory and spicy pickle recipe made with small onions. This onion pickle or pyaaz ka achar is a peppy pickle recipe spiced with chili pepper, amchoor, cumin, aniseed and mustard amongst others. Sealed with oil and matured for sometime, it is ready to use.
Ingredients
Onions (small) 1 kg
Coarse mustard powder l0 tsp
Aniseed powder ; 8 tsp
White cumin powder 4 tsp
Ground spices 2 tsp
Red chilli pepper 3 tsp
Salt for onions 7 tsp
Turmeric 2 tsp
Onion seeds 1 tsp
Lemon juice ; 2 (lemons)
Amchoor 4 tsp
Salt for the masala 5 to 6 tsp
Mustard oil 1 1/2 cups
Black Salt ; 1 tsp
Directions
1) Give fine four incisions to each skinned onion keeping their bases intact.
2) Add 7 teaspoons of salt to the onions and keep for 4 hours overnight.
3) Make a smooth paste of the ground ingredients with lemon juice and 1/4 cup of heated and cooled mustard oil.
4) Drain the water generated from the salted onions and add the masala paste.
5) Pour rest of the oil on the onions and 1 teaspoon of salt and keep aside.
2) Add 7 teaspoons of salt to the onions and keep for 4 hours overnight.
3) Make a smooth paste of the ground ingredients with lemon juice and 1/4 cup of heated and cooled mustard oil.
4) Drain the water generated from the salted onions and add the masala paste.
5) Pour rest of the oil on the onions and 1 teaspoon of salt and keep aside.