Unakka Irumban Puli Achar (Dried Bilimbi Pickle)

Ingredients for Unakka Irumban Puli Achar (Dried Bilimbi Pickle):

1. Bilimbi (Irumban Puli / Pulichikka) – 200 gm

2. Chilli powder – 3 big spoons

    Asafoetida fried in oil and powdered – 1 small spoon

    Garlic – 10 cloves

    Ginger chopped thin, lengthwise – 1.5 small spoons

3. Vinegar – A little

4. Gingelly oil – ¼ cup

5. Mustard – 1.5 small spoons

    Fenugreek seeds – 1.5 small spoons

6. Turmeric powder – 1/2 small spoon

7. Garlic – 10 cloves

8. Ginger chopped thin, lengthwise – 1 small spoon

9. Boiled and cooled water – 1.25 cups

10. Vinegar – 3 big spoons

      Salt – As required

      Sugar – 1 small spoon

11. Seedless white raisins – 2 big spoons

12. Mustard dal – 1 big spoon

How to prepare Unakka Irumban Puli Achar (Dried Bilimbi Pickle)?

1. Cut bilimbi into pieces and store it for 3-4 days adding sufficient salt.

2. Drain off excess water and dry it under direct sun for a few days.

3. Use this bilimbi to prepare the pickle.

4. Make a fine paste of ingredients no: 2 adding vinegar.

5. Heat oil and sauté fenugreek seeds and mustard.

6. Add garlic and ginger followed by turmeric powder and sauté the contents.

7. Add the gravy and sauté it till it thickens and a layer of oil forms on the surface of the pan.

8. Add water and allow the contents to boil.

9. Add 3 big spoons of vinegar, salt and sugar and boil the contents.

10. Wash raisins and add to the boiling contents.

11. Continue cooking till the gravy thickens.

12. When it cools completely, add dried bilimbi and mustard daal.

13. Mix the contents well and store in glass containers.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine May 1-14, 2015

Unangiya Ilumbanpuli Achar – Recipe 2

Ingredients for Unangiya Ilumbanpuli Achar – Recipe 2:

1. Gingelly oil – ¾ cup

2. Mustard – 1.5 small spoons

3. Garlic chopped – 2 big spoons

    Ginger chopped – 2 big spoons

    Green chillies – 6, chopped

    Curry leaves – 2 stalks

4. Kashmiri chilli powder – 3 big spoons

    Asafoetida powder – 1 small spoon

    Fenugreek powder – 1 small spoon

5. Water – 1 cup

    Vinegar – ¼ cup

6. Bilimbi dried – 1 cup

    Salt – As required

7. Mustard powder – 1 big spoon

How to prepare Unangiya Ilumbanpuli Achar – Recipe 2?

1. Heat oil in a pan and sputter mustard seeds.

2. Sauté ingredients no: 3.

3. Reduce the flame and add ingredients no: 4. Sauté again.

4. When raw smell goes out, add vinegar and water and boil the contents well.

5. Add bilimbi and salt, mix the contents well and put off the flame.

6. Sprinkle mustard powder and mix the pickle well.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine April 17-30, 2021

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