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Hot and Sour Tomato Pickle

Ingredients

2 lbs. green tomatoes(Red ones can be used too)
15-20 red chillies
1 cup chopped ginger
1 cup chopped garlic
2 cups vinegar
1 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp mustard seeds
1 tsp fenugreek
1 1/2 cups oil
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Slice the tomaotes, smear turmeric and salt on them and soak them in 1 cup vinegar. Leave for about 2 hours.
2. Blend together the garlic, ginger, red chillies and 3/4 of the mustard, with a little vinegar.
3. Heat the oil and add the remaining mustard. When the mustard crackles, add the fenugreek. Fry for 2 minutes and then add the blended mixture and fry well for over 20 minutes.
4. Add the tomatoes and the remaining vinegar.
5. Stir continuously as the mixture comes to a boil.
6. When the pickle is almost done, the oil begins to float at the top.
7. Take it off the heat and let it cool.
8. Store in a clean bottle. Will keep for a year (if anything remains of it!!).

This is a delicious accompaniment to rice/dal, roti or curd rice. You can vary the amount of red chillies/vingear depending on how hot/sour you want the pickle to turn out.