Instant Nellikai Oorukai/Gooseberry Pickle

 Gooseberry has lots of health benefits.My friend Uma has a gooseberry tree on her street but they are little gooseberries.They taste sour and sweet and we can eat it just like that or with some salt.I am writing this and my mouth is watering thinking even about it.If you are reading I am sure you are feeling the same too.This pickle is my dad's recipe.He makes it and keeps it in glass jars.We usually have it for lunch with rasam,sambar.Whatever you name it, it comes as our favorite next to homemade narthangai pickle.

Here goes the wonderful mouth watery recipe...

        

INGREDIENTS:
Gingelly oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Fenugreek -1/2 tsp
Red Chilly -2
Curry leaves -1 sprig
Goose Berry - 12
Red Chilli powder -1/2 tsp
Hing-1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder  -1/4 tsp
Salt

METHOD:

1)Wash gooseberry and steam it in idly plates for 7 minutes or microwave for 8 minutes.

2)Remove seed from gooseberry and chop them into pieces.

3)Heat gingelly oil in kadai and fry fenugreek seeds separately.Keep it aside.

4)In the same oil, fry dry red chilli and keep it aside.

5)Powder fenugreek and red chilli into coarse powder.

6)In the same oil,add mustard seeds,curry leaves and chopped gooseberry.

7)Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder,Hing,ground powder.

8)Add ground powder.

9)Add salt.

10)Mix well and saute for another 3 minutes.

11)Serve with rice.Keep it in a glass bottle in fridge for 2 weeks.