Fish Pickle-చేప పచ్చడి

Fish Pickle-చేప పచ్చడి

Ingredients:

Fresh Fish- 1 kg

Chili powder -5 tbsp

Garlic -250 gms

Ginger -100 gms

Gingerly oil -1/2 litre

Mustard seeds-1tsp

Green Chilies- 5

Salt -1&1/2tbsp

Fenugreek seeds-1tsp(fry it and make powder )

Curry Leaves -a bunch

Vinegar -50 ml

Process:

Remove skin and bone from the fish and cut into small pieces.
Marinate the fish with 3tbsps of chili powder & salt for one hour.
Fry the fish pieces in oil and keep aside.
Peel the garlic and keep it aside.
Cut ginger into small pieces.
Add gingerly oil into a kadai.
Add mustard seeds when it splits add peeled garlic, green chili, ginger and curry leaves.
Fry for few minutes.
Add 5tbsps of  chili powder and salt to taste.
Add fried fish and saute for few minutes.
Add fried fenugreek powder.
Finally add warm vinegar and off the stove.
Soak one whole day then use the pickle.Store it into a dry storage container.

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Chicken Pickle

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Ingredients :-

Boneless Chicken -1 lb

Coriander seeds – 2tbsp

Cloves-8

Cinnamon-2″ piece

Cardamom – 3

Poppy seeds- 1 tsp(Dry fried)

Garlic-10pods

Ginger-equal quantity of garlic

Water-1 small glass

Turmeric -1/4 tsp

Salt -1/4 tsp(For boiling chicken)

Oil -100ml

Salt-5 tsp

Paprika- 12 tsp

Mustard Powder -2 tsp

Fenugreek powder -1/2 tsp

Lemon-5

For Tempering:

Oil -100 ml

Dry red chillies- 4

Cumin seeds-1 tsp

Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves-2 springs

Hing -1/8 tsp

Process:

Clean and cut chicken into small pieces.

Heat a glass of water and bring it to boil . When it comes to boiling point add 1/4 tspn salt and 1/4 tspn turmeric . Add chicken pieces slowly and cook it till done and strain it.

Dry the chicken pieces on a paper towel for 15 mins.

In mean time grind coriander seeds , cloves , cardamom , cinnamon and dry fried poppy seeds to a fine powder.

In second round add ginger and garlic pieces and grind again.

Now heat a pan add 100 ml of oil and fry boiled chicken pieces till golden brown.

Now to the fried chicken add grinded paste and fry for 3 mins and switch off stove.

Take a dry bowl and add salt , paprika , mustard powder and fenugreek powder and mix nicely. Pour these spices on top of chicken and mix nicely.

Take a bowl and squeeze juice of 5 lemon .

Once the chicken is cooled add this lemon juice and mix nicely.

Now heat a sauce pan add 100ml of oil and make tadka by adding dry red chillies , cumin , mustard and asafoetida. Switch off stove and carefully add curry leaves . let this tadka cool completely.

Add this tadka to chicken and mix nicely.

Transfer it to a dry storage container. You can sere after a day .

Serve it with hot rice.