My grandma’s famous Indian gooseberry pickle recipe

My paternal grandmother makes the best gooseberry pickle on the planet and does it out of inspiration based on the community in South India she lives in. So whenever I visit her there, I always look foward to enjoying her pickle. So I thought I’d share the recipe with you all today!

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 kilogram of gooseberries
2. 100 grams of red chillies
3. 1/2 spoon of mustard seeds
4. 1 teaspoon of fenugreek (known as methi in hindi)
5. 3-4 spoons of salt
6. 1/4 kilogram of Indian sesame oil
7. 1/2 spoon of asafoetida
8. 1 spoon of turmeric powder

Instructions:

1. Wash the gooseberries and wipe them out dry with a towel.
2. Cut the gooseberries into pieces and remove the seeds from them.
3. Now put the cut gooseberries into one vessel and keep them aside.
4. Immediately turn on a pan and when the pan is hot, dry roast the aefoetida and fenugreek seeds for one minute.
5. When the materials turn red, and empty the contents of the pan and keep them aside.
6. Now put the pan back on the stove. Put the oil on the pan and fry the chilies in the oil for half a minute and keep those fried chilies aside.
7. Now turn on the pan again and put half a spoon of oil in it. Then put the mustard seeds inside the pan. Then put the asfoetida into the pan and finally put the gooseberries in that pan and stir everything consistently and slowly (keep on a low flame)
8. Then, put the turmeric powder in the pan and mix everything in the pan for 1 to 2 minuets
9. Cover the mixture in the pan with a lid for 2 to 3 minuets.
10. Then remove the lid that is covering the pan, and mix everything.
11. Now add the salt to the mixture in the pan and mix everything in the pan one more time.
12. After 2 minuets, the gooseberries would have cooked well.
13. After that, make powder with your asafoetida and fenugreek in a blender (blend them separately).
14. Now make a powder with the fried chilies as well.
15. Now add all the powders to the mixture in the pan and give the mixture a stir.
16. Now add oil to the gooseberry mixture that’s in the pan and mix everything well. Turn off the gas and let the mixture (which is now your pickle) cool for 10 minuets.
17. Serve and enjoy this yummy pickle!