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Today we are going to fenugreek seeds pickle (achaar of dana methi)
There are many benefits of fenugreek seeds.
Fenugreek seeds are eaten during cold weather.
They are hot in nature and makes us feel warm from inside.
Eating fenugreek seeds also reduces our joint pain
It improves our digestive system. Fenugreek seed pickle is also very beneficial.
So let's start making fenugreek seed pickle.
¼ cup fenugreek seeds (methi ke beej) cleaned and dried
2 tbsp mustard oil (sarson)
6-7 lemon (nimboo)
Less than ¼ tsp asafetida (hing)
½ tsp crushed black pepper (kali mirch)
1 tsp crushed aniseed (moti saunf)
½ tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
½ tsp red chilli powder (lal mirch)
1 ½ tsp salt (namak)
Let's make fenugreek seed pickle. Heat a pan.
Add mustard oil to the pan. Let the oil get heated.
Once the oil is hot, put the gas on low flame. Add fenugreek seeds to the oil.
Stir them for about 1 ½ minute and let it roast.
We will get little fragrance from the seeds.
We have to roast the fenugreek seeds till its colour changes to light brown.
Turn off the gas.
Add asafetida powder, black pepper, saunf, haldi powder, red chilli powder and salt.
Mix it well. Take out the mixture in a bowl.
We do not want them to roast too much.
Now we will add lemon juice to these fenugreek seeds.
You can take out lemon juice using a lemon squeezer.
Add the lemon juice in the mixture that we had prepared.
Fenugreek seed pickle is almost ready.
But the pickle will get ready completely after 3 days. Then it can be eaten.
We have made this pickle by adding lemon juice, but we
can also make fenugreek seed pickle with mango as well.
Like we can take 250 gram mango, peel it and cut it into
small pieces and add the fenugreek seeds in the same way.
When the mango will mix with salt, the juice
will come out making the fenugreek seeds pop up.
Fenugreek seed pickle will be ready.
It is your choice whether you would like to add lemon juice or mango juice.
In both cases fenugreek seed pickle will be very tasty.
The pickle is now ready. The fenugreek seeds have popped out.
You can eat this pickle for 8-10 days.
If you want to keep the pickle for a long time,
then add 3-4 tbsp of vinegar and mix well.
It is easy to make pickle, but the difficult thing is to keep it safe.
The containers in which the pickle is to be stored should be clean and dry.
Wash the container in which you store the pickle
well with boiled water and let it dry in sunlight.
If there is no sunlight, then you can also dry the container in an oven.
There should be no humidity or dirt inside the container.
You should keep the container safe and whenever you wish
to eat, take out the pickle using a clean and dry spoon.
Even if you wash hands, wipe them properly.
Pickle can go on for a long time if stored properly
Fenugreek seed pickle is very nutritious but it cannot be eaten much.
You can eat 1 small spoon of fenugreek pickle along with your food.
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