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Carrot Pickle Recipe

Pickled crunchy carrots make a terrific accompaniment for just about any meal. Carrots are easily available in the market during winter season. Making a pickle is an excellent way to preserve carrots for off season. Carrot pickles are too good for your health and taste. Here is an easy recipe to help you to learn how to make Carrot pickles. 

Ingredients for making Carrot pickles:

• 3 cups water
• 230gms carrots (scraped and cut into 2″long sticks)
• 1 ½  tbsp mustard seeds
• ½  tsp chili powder
• 1/8  th tsp each ground mace, cloves and cardamom
• 2 tsp salt
• ¼  th cup shredded jaggery (gur)
• 1/3 rd cup mustard oil 

How to make Carrot pickle:

1. First of all boil the water in 2-litre saucepan. Add carrots and blanch for a minute.
2. Then drain the water and then spread carrots on a clean cloth and sundry (or spread them on a towel lined cookie tray and air dry in an oven (200-degree Fahrenheit) for an hour).
3. Now in a bowl mix the mace, cloves, cardamom, salt and jaggery.
4. Then add the carrots and toss to mix. Transfer to a sterilized glass jar.
5. Now pour the mustard oil into a small saucepan and place it over a moderate heat. As soon as oil begins to smoke remove it from the heat and cool it for 4 minutes, then pour it into the jar and cover it with a clean cloth.
6. Finally set the jar in sunlight for 13-14 days, bringing it indoor evrynight. Shake the jar two or three times daily.

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