Garlic Pickle

Name: Garlic Pickle (Sweet-and-sour garlic pickle)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1½ teaspoons red chile powder; ½ cup (100 grams) grated cane jaggery; ½ cup (120 grams) tamarind pulp; 1 teaspoon table salt; 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1½ cups (300 ml) vegetable oil; 1½ teaspoons black mustard seeds; 2-inch (5-cm) piece fresh ginger, peeled; 3 cups (500 grams) garlic cloves

Sweet-and-sour garlic pickle

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Indian

By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

About

This pickle is made differently throughout India. Some cooks pickle the garlic whole. I find that it is rather overwhelming to ingest a whole clove of spiced garlic, so I use crushed garlic in my recipe. This pickle has a very strong character, but perking up the palate is the job of a good pickle.

Ingredients

3 cups (500 grams) garlic cloves
2-inch (5-

Asia
India
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Peel, wash, and pat dry the garlic. Process half of the garlic with the ginger in a mini food processor and crush the remaining cloves.
Place a medium nonstick sauté pan over medium heat and let it heat for 2 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon of the mustard seeds, the fenugreek,