Kachi haldi ka achar | Turmeric pickle recipe | Turmeric benefits | Is turmeric root or stem
Turmeric root pickle is one of the healthy ayurvedic recipe. It is a very easy and tasty pickle variety made from raw turmeric root. Turmeric comes from a root that looks like ginger. Here lemon juice acts as a preservative and if the pickle is soaked in more oil then it can be consumed for more than 6 months. This pickle goes well with curd rice.
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Servings: 0
Calories: 724kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup grated turmeric root
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp dry ginger powder
- 1 tsp hing or asafoetida
- 1/2 tsp mustard
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Firstly, In a mixing bowl add grated raw turmeric root, salt and red chilli powder
- Mix well all the ingredients and keep it aside
- Meanwhile heat a pan and add oil
- Now heat the oil for 2 to 3 mins and add mustard, hing and dry ginger powder
- Saute well until it splutters. Turn off the heat
- Add mustard tempering to raw turmeric root mixture
- Mix well properly
- Similarly add lemon juice
- Again mix well. Now the turmeric root pickle is ready.
- Store this pickle in an air tight glass jar.
Note:
- Keep this turmeric root pickle in refrigerator. Keep this for up to 1 month as long as not a drop of water gets into the pickle, such as using a wet spoon to get the pickle out of the jar. The water will cause fermentation and the pickle will spoil early.
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