India Relish

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    5 pints

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Better Than Store-Bought: Authoritative recipes that most people never knew they could make at home

By Helen Witty and Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1979

  • About

A certain amount of browsing through cookery reference libraries has yielded no clue as to how India relish got its name, but it seems likely that the array of spices invariably included may have something to do with the matter.

Our relish includes the most traditional ingredients: cabbage, cucumbers, sweet green peppers, and onions. This is a good relish for hamburger time. Because it’s not very sweet, it can be used where chopped sour pickles might be called for, as in coleslaw an