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    Hot and Sour Tomato Pickle  Today's recipe is a delicious tomato pickle with enticing flavors and taste. It is a delightful pickle, fresh and bursting with flavor. Do you also like vegetable pickles? Condiments like pickles are a staple in my kitchen. I have a deep love for a vegetable pickle, with the flavors of mustard and garlic. Tomato pickle is a perfect condiment- it is sour and mildly sweet with a delicious spice kick. It adds a zesty kick to any meal, and you will surely love it. The heat is from Kashmiri red chilly powder and the slight tart from tamarind pulp and vinegar. Tomato pickle tastes best with steamed rice yogurt, appam, and rice rotis. This tomato pickle is inspired by the Andhra tomato pickle . It is not an authentic recipe, but a quick fixer. When my mom makes tomato pickle, she uses sun-dried tomatoes. It is more sweet and tart, with a good umami flavor. The texture also gets slightly chewy. It has a much longer shelf life. So coming to this rec...

Pineapple  Sweet Chili Sauce Today's recipe is a home made sweet and spicy pineapple chili sauce made with simple ingredients. It has a right balance of flavor,sweetness and the chilies add a kick of spice. It is a perfect condiment and is an addictive dipping sauce.You can also pair it with fried rice, spring rolls or grilled meat or fish.Numerous variations exist for this condiment which is easy to make can be customized.Try this, you will surely love it. Recipe adapted from: Cooks Southeast Asian by James McNair Ingredients Pineapple juice- 2 cup Finely chopped pineapple- 1 tbs Bird eye chilly finely chopped- 1 tbs Chilly flakes- 1 tbs Minced garlic- 2 tsp Sugar - 1 1/2 cup Distilled vinegar- 1/2 cup Water- 1/2 cup Salt - 1/2 tsp Into a sauce pan add strained pineapple juice, chopped pineapple,water and sugar and bring it to a boil. Add vinegar,minced garlic, chopped bird eye chili  and dry chilly flakes and salt and stir. Reduce the flame to ...

Mathuramulla Nelikka Curry/Gooseberry Curry Nellika curry is a spicy condiments that can be served for sadhya. It does not have a long shelf life like regular pickle and is more like a spicy curry.Usually mango, ginger and lemon pickle/curry are the chief thodu curry for sadhya. Here gooseberry is also prepred in similiar patten and you can try this for a change. Nelikka or goose berry pickle is one of my favorite and this curry is tart, spicy and mildly sweet. Try this,you will surely love it.   Ingredients Gooseberry/nelikka- 15 large sized ones Thinly sliced Ginger-2 tbs Green chilly-2-3 Shallots- 2 Chilly powder- 1 1/2 tbs Fenugreek powder- 1/2 tsp Tamarind- small gooseberry sized ball Jaggery- a small piece Curry leaves- a few mustard seeds- a few Dry red chilly- 2 Salt to taste oil for frying. Steam gooseberry for about four to five minutes till it becomes soft.Cut the goose berry into small pieces and discard the seed. Heat oil in a pan and...

Manga Achar/ Mango Pickle Green mango pickle is a delicious and spicy condiment. We rarely get raw mangoes here and few weeks back , I was so glad to come across raw mangoes in our grocery store. I have already shared pickle recipes with mango like Kerala kadumanga/mango pickle and Andhra mango pickle/ aavakaya. This mango pickle is spicy,sweet and sour.  Ingredients Green Mango cubes- 3 cup Garlic- 15- 20 pods Ginger- 2 inch thick piece Dates- 8-10 Chilly powder- 4-5 tbs (or according to your spice tolerance) Fenugreek powder- 1 1/2 tsp Asafoetida-  1 tsp Salt- to taste Sugar- 1/2 tsp Gingerly oil- 1/2 cup Mustard seeds- 1/3 tsp Vinegar- 1/2 cup   Cut mangoes into cubes. Sprinkle salt, cover and leave it in room temperature for 4-6 hours. Soak dates in half of the vinegar. After about an hour make it into a paste. Using a mortal and pastel crush ginger and garlic (around 10-15) into a course mixture. Slice the rest of the garlic. H...

Mango Curry/Manga Thodu Curry Recipes with raw and ripe mangoes are integral part of Kerala cuisine.Manga thodu curry/mango curry is a easy side dish for rice. This is a central Kerala style thodu curry/side dish for Sadhya. I got this recipe from my mother-in law and she calls this as Kadu Manga. It is different from the regular mango pickle and does not have shelf life like pickles. The mango used for this recipe is not sour and raw,but little sweet and slightly ripened. It should be firm to touch . Coconut is added in this curry and it has a different and unique flavor. I have already posted recipes like Kadu Manga (pickle mango) and Vella Manga Curry. Ingredients Mango chopped- 1 1/2 cup Garlic- 4-5 pods Curry leaves - a few Chilly powder- 1 1/4 tsp Fenugreek powder- 1/4 tsp  Pepper powder- 1/2tsp  Cumin powder- 1/2 tsp Mustard powder- 1/2 tsp Asafoetida/kayam/hing- 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Thick coconut milk- 3/4 cup To temper Curry lea...

Spiced Pineapple Pickle- Kerala Pineapple Achar Pineapple pickle is a delicious pickle, fresh and bursting with tropical flavors. Pineapple pickle has a sweet and savory combination and adds a zesty kick to any meal. Do you like sweet and spicy pickles?. I love pickled, salted, and fermented vegetables and fruits . It is easy-to-make condiments and a must-have in my kitchen. My family favorites are sweet and savory pineapple chutney and spiced pineapple in salted brine. Salted pineapples are good on sandwiches, fish tacos, or roasted meat. The best part of this pickle is that you can use it just like chutney or salted pineapple. The pickle is for those who love to take the spice level a notch higher. Pineapple pickle is a tongue-tingling sweet, tangy, mildly spiced pickle. It is delicious, and the flavor and taste are irresistible. It can be paired practically with everything, but it is best with parathas and naan. This recipe is from my mother-in-law. Sweet and sour pickles a...