India Relish

Name: India Relish
Yield: Makes about 5 pints
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 cup (packed) light brown sugar; 1 small clove garlic, minced to a paste; 3 medium onions, chopped medium fine (to make 1⅔ cups); 6 tablespoons coarse (kosher) salt; 2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil; ½ teaspoon Curry Powder; 1 tablespoon dry mustard; ¼ teaspoon ground mace; ½ teaspoon ground ginger; ¾ pound cabbage, chopped medium fine (to make 3 cups); 1 pound sweet green peppers, cored and seeded and chopped medium coarse (to make 1⅔ cups); ½ cup light corn syrup; 3 cups cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons mustard seeds; 8 six-inch unwaxed, unpeeled cucumbers, chopped medium coarse (to make 5½ cups); 1 teaspoon celery seed; ½ teaspoon turmeric

Preparation info

Makes about
5 pints

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Better Than Store-Bought

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

Ingredients

Asia
India
Spicy
Gluten-free
Vegan

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