Perfect || Sour Jhal Sweet Chaltar Achar ||

Assalamualaikum, dear Steemian friends. wish everyone a very Happy New Year, and lots of love. I hope everyone is well. Today I will share with you the perfect Chalta Achar recipe. I always love to make pickles with different seasonal sour flowers. When it says mouthwatering, this clever recipe is very tempting to look at and eat.

Today I will share with you various tips on how to make the perfect pickle colour with sugar, along with a simple method of chopping. I hope you like my pickle recipe today.

First, let's know the ingredients needed to prepare Chalta Achar:👇👇

Chalta	Sugar,	panchfodan	Dry chilies	garlic cloves

ginger	Yellow powder	salt,	Oil, etc.

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Method of preparation:

-First I came up with three techniques for making pickles. Cleaned and wiped with a dry cloth. The pitfall of cutting sawdust in wet conditions is that the sawdust can slip.

• Then, with the help of a knife, cut the chaltas into 4 pieces.

• Now I will cut the sliced chalata into thin slices. If there is any black part in the cut part. I will cut it with the help of a knife, And if you slice like this, all the pieces will be almost equal and beautiful.

• Chalata is very crunchy, so I wash the sliced chalata thoroughly with plenty of water.

• Now I will boil down the tricks. So boil water- add one spoon of turmeric powder and one spoon of salt. mix all the ingredients well- cover with a lid and cook for 10 minutes. As my chalatas mature, the cooking time will be a little longer. If it is young chalatas, then only 5 to 7 minutes of cooking time is enough.

• After 10 minutes, open the lid of the pan and check if the chalata is cooked. When the chalta is cooked 80%, separate the chalta from the water and drain the chalta water very well.. Now I will start the method of cooking pickles.

• Place a pan in the oven , and put one cup of oil in it. When the oil is hot add a few cloves of garlic.I will fry garlic cloves in oil for a while; this will remove the raw smell of garlic. After that, I will give the ginger batter and, with it, the chalatas.Then add a spoonful of turmeric powder/ a spoonful of chilli flakes/ (dried chillies roasted and ground) and a spoonful of salt. Mix all ingredients well and cook for about 7-8 minutes.

• After cooking for a while the chalatas will be slightly fried, then I will add one and half cup of sugar -(you can increase or decrease the amount of sugar according to taste). And if you want to bring out the perfect color of the pickle. you have to add a little more sugar.

• Cooking with sugar for a while will dissolve the sugar and extract the water from the pickle:, so there is no need to use extra water in the pickle. Cover the pickle and cook on medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes. As a result of cooking on medium heat, And the colour of the pickle has changed a lot from the sugary water.

• Now there is no need to cover the pickle. At this stage, I will add fried panchphodran powder (I have ground the panchodran), and adding this panchphodran guru will change the taste and colour of the pickle a lot. Now open the lid and cook for another 10 minutes with light stirring (remember, pickles are never good if cooked in a hurry). When the pickled sugar vein dries up, and take it out of the oven and let it cool.

A fun sour-salty-sweet chaltar achar is ready.🍲

chaltar achar Made by me/

When it gets cold, the colour of the pickle will be more beautiful and attractive. The Chalta Achar is as beautiful to look at as it is delicious to eat.. Peace of the eyes and peace of the tongue can both be found in this ritual. I hope you will like today's pickle recipe. Thanks everyone.

Best regards
@shikhurana
Tuesday, 2/1/2024