Spicy, tangy, and loaded with flavor, Green Chilli Pickle or Hari Mirch ka Achar is a delicious North Indian style pickle recipe where fresh green chilies are pickled with mustard seeds and lemon juice. This pickle goes very well with any Indian meals. Here is my mother’s recipe for how to make it.
Spicy, tangy, and loaded with flavor, Green Chilli Pickle or Hari Mirch ka Achar is a delicious North Indian style pickle recipe where fresh green chilies are pickled with mustard seeds and lemon juice. This pickle goes very well with any Indian meals. Here is my mother’s recipe for how to make it.
Ingredients:
- 500 g Green Chillies
- ½ cup Mustard Seeds
- ¼ cup Salt
- 2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- ½ cup Lime Juice
- 2 cups Mustard Oil
Instructions:
- Wash the chilies and wipe them using a cotton cloth.
- Cut them into 2-3 pieces.
- Grind mustard seeds in a blender to make a coarse powder.
- Mix ground mustard seeds, salt, turmeric powder and ½ cup mustard oil in a bowl.
- Mix this masala with chillies.
- Add lime juice in the bowl and mix well with chilies.
- Cover the bowl with a cotton cloth.
- Leave the pickle in the bowl for 2-3 days so that the excess water evaporates.
- Fill the pickle in clean glass jars.
- Heat the remaining mustard oil in a pan till it starts to fume.
- Remove from heat and cool slightly.
- Pour the oil in the jar so that the pickle is covered with oil.
- Keep the jar in sunlight for 3-4 days.
- The pickle is now ready to use.
- This pickle can be stored for 3-4 months in a cool and dry place.
- Keep shaking the pickle after every 30 days.
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