Homemade Pickle Powder

Pickles are very popular in India..and i think a jar of pickle can shown in every Indian kitchen. Most of them prepare their own varieties of pickles. Normally the pickle powder is bought from the store and we do the rest of process..Here is an easy and quick recipe for making homemade pickle spice powder. 

Ingredients:

1. Cumin seeds- 1/4 tsp
2. Mustard seeds-1tsp
3. Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
4. Pepper corns-1tsp
5. Curry leaves-1 spring
6. Fenugreek seeds (methi/uluva)- 1/4 tsp
7. Asafoetida )hing/kayam)-a pinch
8. Salt-to taste
9. Oil-1/4 tsp
10. Dry red chilly-20 nos

Preparation:

• Heat a deep bottom pan dry roast cumin seeds in low flame until splutter.
• Take it out from the pan; and then roast mustard seeds until splutter.
• In the same way dry roast fenugreek pepper corns and curry leaves separately.
• After that add 1/4 tsp of oil in the pan and roast dry red chillies for few minutes.
• Switch off the flame and add all the ingredients in a dry blender and make fine powder out of it.
• Store in an airtight container for long use and do pickling 😊!!