Ingredients

• 3 - big cucumbers (cut 1.5 cm in length with skin and deseed it)
• 2 - carrots (cut 1.5 cm in length)
• Ingredients (A):
• 2 - red chillies (slit in the middle)
• 2 - green chillies (slit in the middle)
• 10 - shallots to cut
• 10 - cloves
• 5 - garlic pods cut into 2
• 1 tbsp - tomato sauce
• Ingredients (B):
• Make a fine paste of:
• 5 - dried chillies
• 2 - cloves of garlic
• 1 cm - Ginger
• 4 - shallots
• Ingredients (C):
• To saute:
• 1" pc - cinnamon
• 3 clove - garlic sliced
• 3 - cardamom
• 3 - shallots sliced
• 3 - cloves
• Ingredients (D):
• 300 ml - vinegar
• Sugar and salt to taste
• Oil
• 1 tsp - sesame seeds (slightly fried)

How to Make Achar Timun

• Put oil in a wok or pan, saute ingredients (C). Once the aroma rises, add in the ground ingredients (B).
• Stir for 2 minutes and add in the carrots and cucumbers and ingredients (A).
• Stir for a minute, add vinegar, sugar and salt, and leave it to simmer in a low flame till the gravy becomes thick.
• Add sesame seeds and stir.