Ingredients

• 250 g - carrots
• 250 g - turnip
• 250 g cauliflower
• 1 - grated ginger, medium-size
• 6 flakes - garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tsp - mustard seeds
• Chilli powder as per taste
• Salt as per taste
• 3 tbsp - vinegar
• A small piece of jaggery
• 3 tbsp - mustard oil

How to Make Gajar Gobi Shalgam Achaar

• Peel carrots and turnips. Dice them.
• Cut the cauliflower into small florets.
• Boil water in a large pan. Take off heat and blanch the chopped vegetables for about 5 minutes.
• Drain the water and dry the vegetables in the sun for about 2 hours.
• Heat oil in a non-stick vessel and crackle mustard seeds.
• Add ginger and garlic. Saute for about 5 minutes.
• Add the sun-dried vegetables along with salt and chilli powder.
• Stir well and cover and cook on a low flame.
• Heat vinegar in a bowl in the microwave for about 30 seconds and add jaggery to it.
• Stir vigorously till they blend well.
• Add to the vegetables. Stir well and continue cooking for another 10-15 minutes.
• Transfer the mixture into an airtight container and add mustard oil.
• Ideally, put the pickle container in the sun for 3-4 days. However, it is ready for consumption immediately, too