Re: Can this Indian recipe be NT?

February 18, 2005

>

> Lime Achar pickle

>

> -Green chili 400 gms.

> - Mustard seeds 4 tbsp.

> - Turmeric powder 2 tsp.

> - Lime 12 no.

> - Oil 400 mls.

> - Salt As per taste

>

> What kind of oil who you use?

I would use unrefined sesame, Pratick?

B.

February 19, 2005

Sounds pretty NT to me.

Most people of my generation growing up in India grew up with home made

" achars " .

I remember by grandmother always had several jars of aachars lined out on her

porch in

the sun.

The lady who ran the daycare center I went to had her entire terrace lined with

every

kind of imaginable aachars.

Even thinking about the aromas and the tastes makes me nostalgic today.....

--- rosesweet20204 <rosesweet20204@...> wrote:

> What kind of oil who you use?

Traditionally mustard oil is used.

However, the commercially produced mustard oil now-a-days (in India and in India

grocery

stores here in North America) are a far cry from the hand extracted mustard oil

that was

available during those days.

If you live near a village or a small town in India, it is still possible to get

the cold

extracted mustard oil, but it is slowly disappearing - soon to be entirely

forgotten and

replaced by the commercial grade oil produced by large conglomerate companies.

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