But Chef Bhupi has told a secret thing and a special trick to give smoky flavor to the jar, due to which your pickle will remain fresh and safe for months. If you also want to enhance the taste of your food, then by following easy steps you can prepare delicious pickle like the market at home.
blanching peas
First of all, heat water in a vessel. Just before the water boils, add one teaspoon sugar and salt. After this add peas. By adding sugar the green color of peas remains intact. After cooking for just a minute or two, remove the peas and immediately plunge them into ice cold water. Due to this the peas do not get spoiled much. After this, spread the peas on a cloth and dry them completely.
spice mix
The real life of pickle lies in its spices. According to Chef Bhupi, add fennel, cumin, black pepper, fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds in a pan and fry lightly. When the spices start giving off a pleasant aroma, cool them and grind them coarsely. Do not make fine powder of spices, because only coarse spices give the real texture to the pickle.
Flavor Tadka
Now heat one cup mustard oil in a pan. When the oil is well heated, add nigella seeds, celery, asafoetida and curry leaves to it. Curry leaves add a unique and fresh flavor to the pickle. After this add the prepared coarse masala to it. This step removes the rawness of the spices and dissolves their flavor in the oil.
color and spiciness of spices
Now add turmeric powder, Kashmiri red chilli, common salt and black salt to the oil mixture. After mixing all this well, add chopped green chillies. Kashmiri red chilli gives the pickle that deep red color which looks very attractive, while black salt enhances both its digestion and taste.
Secret thing to store
Chef Bhupi has described vinegar as the secret thing in this recipe. Adding 2-3 spoons of vinegar along with spices not only adds sourness to the pickle, it also acts as a preservative. By adding vinegar, pea pickle does not spoil for a long time and its taste also remains spicy. At the end, you have to add dried peas to it.
Pea pickle recipe
Smoky flavor and preparing the jar
To preserve the pickle for a longer period and to give it a smoky flavour, take a burning coal. Place a clove on it and add some oil. As soon as smoke starts coming out, place the glass jar upside down on it. When the jar is filled with smoke, straighten it and fill the prepared pea pickle. This method imparts a wonderful aroma to the pickle and also eliminates bacteria.
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