Topic: Green chili pickle

[loveitspicy]

Anyone made or have a good recipe for green chili pickle?

Its my challenge tomorrow having just bought 5 kilos for 100 baht - 2 squid in English

Ive seen the one on the site http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=8378.0  wondered if there was anymore

best, Rich

[Secret Santa]

I don't have a recipe but here are the ingredients for the best (IMHO) chilli pickle there is, Geeta's:

Ingredients: Green Chillies (63%), Sunflower Oil, Salt, Crushed Mustard Seeds, Lime Juice, Turmeric, Citric Acid, Fenugreek, Spirit Vinegar, Asafoetida.

And here's a suitable method for making it: http://www.aayisrecipes.com/2006/10/10/chili-pickle/

[loveitspicy]

Cheers for that

best, Rich

[Malc.]

The following recipe is based on one that I have in the following book ISBN 0-572-02807-5, its got some great recipes in it and well worth purchasing.


Half and deseed 8oz of green chillies and place in a jar. Warm 1/2 Pint of oil slightly and add 1 tbls paprika, 1 tsp turmeric, 1 tbls aniseeds,  1 tbls mustard seeds, 2 tbsl salt, then allow it to cool. Once cold pour over the chillies and cover with muslin and allow to stand 3 days in a warm place, stirring occasionally. Replace muslin with a lid and keep in a cool place for 2 weeks.

[Peripatetic Phil]

The following recipe is based on one that I have in the following book ISBN 0-572-02807-5, its got some great recipes in it and well worth purchasing.

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[976bar]

Hi Loveitspicy,

My recipe came from this FREE ebook which I posted in the ebook section of this forum.

http://www.indian-cooking.info/EBooks/Pickles-Chutney-Raitas.pdf

All you have to do is register with them and there are quite a few Indian recipe free ebooks which you can download including different regions of India.

http://www.indian-cooking.info/index.htm

Give it a try

[loveitspicy]

Thanks guys

as you know some things are just too hard to get hold of out here - making our own chili pickle is the way to go to have a constant supply....

A word of warning though - i washed and halved 2 kilos of chilies - what pain my hands were in - NEVER again unless wearing gloves... chopping slicing a few chilies not a problem at all but the two kilos!!!

I have 3 kilos left to halve???

best, Rich

[Malc.]

A fella I know owns an import/export business that trades mainly in frozen vegetables. I only mention this as he imports alot of chilli informing me that fresh chilli freezes extremely well. Perhaps you could do this with your remaining chillies?

[976bar]

I tried freezing some left over green finger chilies the other week. They were fine when I got them out of the freezer, but as soon as they had defrosted they turned dark green very quickly and became soft and sluggish. Is there any special technique to freezing chillies?

These were left whole, others I have chopped up before don't seem to do this 

[Malc.]

Hi Bob,


I am sure to see him next week at some point and will put your question to him.


Cheers,


Malc.