Recipe: Appetizing Bitter Gourd Pickle

Bitter Gourd Pickle.

You can have Bitter Gourd Pickle using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Bitter Gourd Pickle

1. You need 3-4 of medium sized Bitter gourd.
2. You need 2 pinch of Hing/asafoetida.
3. You need 2 tsp of Jeera (cumin seeds).
4. It's 2 tsp of Methi (fenugreek seeds).
5. It's 4 tsp of Saunf (fennel seeds).
6. It's 2 tsp of Yellow mustard.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of Turmeric powder.
8. You need 1 tsp of Red chilli powder.
9. You need 1 tsp of Black salt.
10. You need 1 tsp of Plain salt.
11. You need 1/2 cup of Mustard oil.
12. It's 1 of raw mango grated.

Bitter Gourd Pickle instructions

1. Cut bitter gourd in roundals and sprinkle salt over themBand keep aside for 1 hour in a utensil. This releases the bitter water from them.
2. After 15-20 min wash them nicely under running water Now Keep the bitter gourd pieces in a strainer and remove excess water, keep the pieces on a washed cloth for 2-3 hours in the open/sun to dry the water on them..
3. Roast Heeng, Jeera, Methi and Saunff till they turn light brown. Grind these reoasted spices with yellow mustard to a coarse powder..
4. Now heat up the mustard oil to smoking point, Switch of the flame and let it cool a bit.
5. Now add turmeric powder and kashmiri red chilli powder to the oil and mix Add raw grated mango and stir.
6. Add sun dried karela pieces and mix well Add all the roasted masala coarse powder tht you made and mix everything well Switch off the flame and take out in a glass bowl.
7. Once it’s cooled completely out them in a clean glass jar Pickle will be ready to use after three days.