Amla Ka Achar | Indian Gooseberry Pickle Recipe
Amla Ka Achar is a quick gluten-free vegan recipe for making a tangy and spicy achar flavored with Indian spices using mustard oil.Indian gooseberry/ Amla or Nellikai is a small round fruit with light-green translucent skin. This tangy and instant Amla Pickle reicpe gathers in less than 20 minutes and is super easy!
Equipment
- Pan for boiling
- Heavy bottomed Kadai/ pan
Ingredients
- 500 gm Raw Amla (Indian gooseberry)
- 1.5 tablespoon Mustard Oil (sarson ka tel)
- 5 piece whole red chilly
- 2 teaspoon Jeera (Cumin seeds)
- 2 teaspoon Mustard Seeds (Rai Black) can use yellow mustard
- 2 teaspoon Methre (Fenugreek seeds)
- 2 teaspoon Saunf (fennel seeds)
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (haldi)
- 2 teaspoon red chilly powder can adjust
- 1 teaspoon Saunf Powder
- 3-4 cups water or as much to dip the amla for boiling
- ½ teaspoon Heeng (asoeftida)
- 1 small green chilly optional
- salt as per taste
Instructions
- Gather all the whole spices and raw amla. Boil Amla in water for 5 min max. Sieve it and let it dry. In the meantime, grind the spices: jeera, methre, saunf, mustard seeds, dried red chilly. Let the mixture be coarse (dardara).
- Take mustard oil in heavy-bottomed Kadai/Pan and heat it on full flame. When the oil changes color from dark yellow to light yellow, switch off the flame. While it cools off, strain boiled amla to a colander / Sieve. Dry them on a kitchen cloth and chop them off in desired shapes by removing the seed.
- Add green chilly, heeng to warm mustard oil. Make sure the oil is NOT hot or else spices would burnt off. Add ground coarse spices and add amla. Add salt as per taste. Mix well.Cover with lid and cook for 2-3 min.
- The tangy and spicy amla achar is ready and this Amla Pickle recipe is amazing and it goes well with paratha and poori! Enjoy!
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Notes
- Boil amla before using it. This ensures that Amla Achar won't need much cooking time and hence not much oil.
- Make sure to pat dry amla after boiling. We need everything: amla, utensils, etc to be dried enough as moisture in any of these may spoil the Achar sooner than expected.
- Transfer this Amla achar to a container with lid (dried before using) and the amla achar must be cooled off and then transferred.
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving size: 1 tablespoon | |
| Servings: 20 | |
| Amount per serving | |
| Calories | 29 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total Fat 1.2g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat 0.1g | 1% |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 1mg | 0% |
| Total Carbohydrate 4.2g | 2% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.3g | 1% |
| Total Sugars 0.2g | |
| Protein 0.3g | |
| Vitamin D 0mcg | 0% |
| Calcium 10mg | 1% |
| Iron 0mg | 1% |
| Potassium 19mg | 0% |
| *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calorie a day is used for general nutrition advice. | |